GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
enhanceheighten
incandescentwhite, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
subsequentfollowing in time, order, or place
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt