GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| scapegoat | a 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 |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |