adjective imprudent and excessive in spending; extravagant.The prodigal young man had squandered the money his father had given him to start up his business See the full entry

noun a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes.The determination of the coroner was that the man’s death had been accidental and…

intransitive verb to take up permanent residence in a place or country to which one is not native.My grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico. See the full entry

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noun the state or process of altering.Making a movie out of the complicated novel required substantial alteration of the plot. See the full entry