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
randoma haphazard course
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
billowwave
antidotea remedy to counteract the effects of poison
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
gorgea narrow passage through land
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
narrativesomething that is narrated : story