GRE Word List
KILLJOY
grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others
The meaning of the word killjoy is grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stalemate | deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked |
| institute | organization for a special purpose; V: establish |
| incredulous | withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief |
| wispy | thin; slight; barely discernible |
| bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
| graduate | arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler |
| succumb | yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness |
| impuissance | powerlessness; feebleness |
| lout | clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ? |
| resort | turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N. |
