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 |
|---|---|
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| 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 |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |