GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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WordMeaning
floraa treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
sedatekeeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled
waxa substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
mordantbiting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
randoma haphazard course
nonentitysomething that does not exist or exists only in the imagination