GRE Word List

DISPORT

sport

The meaning of the word disport is sport.

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fastidiousshowing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
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disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
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rhapsodya portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement