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 |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| politic | political |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| sift | to put through a sieve |