GRE Word List
SCINTILLATE
to emit sparks : spark
The meaning of the word scintillate is to emit sparks : spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |