GRE Word List
PRODIGAL
characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
The meaning of the word prodigal is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| nomenclature | name |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |