GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
corpusclea minute particle
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
profoundhaving intellectual depth and insight
fathoma unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water