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 |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |