GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finery | ornament |
| whimsy | whim |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |