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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WordMeaning
caliberdegree of mental capacity or moral quality
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
raucousdisagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
clouta piece of cloth or leather : rag
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
smudgeto make a smudge on
ventralof or relating to the belly : abdominal