GRE Word List
LAVISH
expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
The meaning of the word lavish is expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| plait | pleat |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |