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 |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |