GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |