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 |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |