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.
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| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |