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 |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| grotto | cave |
| polity | political organization |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| brink | edge |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
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