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 |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |