GRE Word List

SCINTILLATE

to emit sparks : spark

The meaning of the word scintillate is to emit sparks : spark.

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phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
hauntto visit often : frequent
utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
traverseto go or travel across or over
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different