GRE Word List
SCINTILLATE
to emit sparks : spark
The meaning of the word scintillate is to emit sparks : spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| antecede | precede |