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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breadth | distance from side to side : width |
breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
dally | to act playfully |
potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |