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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foddersomething fed to domestic animals
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear
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enduringlasting
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willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
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