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 |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| betray | to lead astray |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| provident | frugal |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |