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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |