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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| deify | to make a god of |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |