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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |