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 |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |