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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |