GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| amend | to put right |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |