GRE Word List
KILLJOY
one who spoils the pleasure of others
The meaning of the word killjoy is one who spoils the pleasure of others.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |