GRE Word List
SPENDTHRIFT
a person who spends improvidently or wastefully
The meaning of the word spendthrift is a person who spends improvidently or wastefully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |