GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |