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 |
|---|---|
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| diadem | crown |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| nomenclature | name |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |