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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WordMeaning
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
stultifyto have a dulling or inhibiting effect on
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
pendantsomething suspended: such as
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
circuitoushaving a circular or winding course