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 |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |