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 |
|---|---|
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
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| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
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| document | proof |