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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buxomvigorously or healthily plump
tableta flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation