GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |