GRE Word List
SQUANDER
to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
The meaning of the word squander is to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate.
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mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
subsistence | real being : existence |
attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |