GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
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apiarya place where bees are kept
pursea small bag for money
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera