GRE Word List
LAVISH
expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
The meaning of the word lavish is expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal.
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| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
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| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
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