GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |