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 |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| dally | to act playfully |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |