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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| consort | associate |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| modish | fashionable |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |