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 |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |