GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spare | not being used |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |