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 |
|---|---|
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| expatriate | banish |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |