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 |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| significant | having meaning |