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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boorpeasant
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
seasonablesuitable to the season or circumstances : timely
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
affectedartificial; pretended
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
queasycausing nausea