GRE Word List
SPORTIVE
frolicsome
The meaning of the word sportive is frolicsome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |