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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |