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 |
|---|---|
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |