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 |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| reek | smoke |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |