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 |
|---|---|
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |