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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
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| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |