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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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |