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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
