GRE Word List

SPORTIVE

frolicsome

The meaning of the word sportive is frolicsome.

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fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
denigrateto attack the reputation of : defame
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
razeto destroy to the ground : demolish
parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl