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 |
|---|---|
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |