GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| enhance | heighten |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |