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.

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WordMeaning
jollitythe quality or state of being jolly : merriment
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
jeopardizeto expose to danger or risk : imperil
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
paucitysmallness of number : fewness
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling