GRE Word List
SPORTIVE
playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike
The meaning of the word sportive is playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atrophy | wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use) |
| elaboration | addition of details; intricacy |
| palatial | of or suitable for a palace; magnificent |
| solvent | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance |
| propulsive | driving forward; N. propulsion |
| kinetic | producing motion; of motion |
| intolerant | not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| offensive | attacking; insulting; distasteful; V. offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N. offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first offense |
| choice | delicate; of very fine quality |