GRE Word List
SPORTIVE
frolicsome
The meaning of the word sportive is frolicsome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| queasy | causing nausea |