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 |
|---|---|
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| executioner | one who executes |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |