GRE Word List
SPORTIVE
frolicsome
The meaning of the word sportive is frolicsome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |