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 |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| verge | brink |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |