GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
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retrenchcut down
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
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duressforcible restraint or restriction
acerbitythe quality of being acerbic
indecisiona wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution
actuarialof or relating to actuaries