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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| pugilist | fighter |
| concordat | compact |