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 |
|---|---|
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| hortatory | hortative |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |