GRE Word List
SCINTILLATE
to emit sparks : spark
The meaning of the word scintillate is to emit sparks : spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| guy | man |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| impuissance | weakness |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |