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 |
|---|---|
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| debonair | suave |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| sledge | sledgehammer |