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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |