GRE Word List
SCINTILLATE
to emit sparks : spark
The meaning of the word scintillate is to emit sparks : spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| devious | wandering |
| lampoon | satire |