Word of the Week #4

Scintilla
Source: Emerging Global Cultures
Sentence: The US has resisted the slightest complained bitterly in recent years about the prospect of surrendering a scintilla of its own sovereignty, whether to NATO commanders, to supra national ........
scin·til·la (sn-tl)

n.

1. A minute amount; an iota or trace.

2. A spark; a flash.

New Sentence: After the boy peed his pants he didn't have a scintilla of dignity left.