GRE Word List
SPOILSPORT
one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others
The meaning of the word spoilsport is one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |