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
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carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
crossbreed | hybridize |
introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
doze | to sleep lightly |