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 |
|---|---|
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| haven | harbor |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| imbue | endow |