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.

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WordMeaning
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
figmentsomething made up or contrived
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
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jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
congenialpleasant
compressto press or squeeze together
fuddlebooze
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them