GRE Word List
SPORTIVE
frolicsome
The meaning of the word sportive is frolicsome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| hirsute | hairy |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |