Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: A person who is authorized to manage someone else's affairs or business, often in a legal or financial context.

Example: The procurator handled all the financial matters for the estate.

Definition: A person who obtains or arranges something, often for someone else, such as tickets or services.

Example: The procurer was able to secure tickets for the sold-out concert.

Definition: This word describes someone who spends money or resources freely and recklessly, often wasting them without care.

Example: The prodigal son returned home after squandering his inheritance on lavish parties and extravagant living.

Definition: A person who spends money or resources in a wasteful or extravagant way, often leading to financial trouble.

Example: After years of living a prodigal lifestyle, he found himself in debt and struggling to make ends meet.

Definition: The quality of being very generous or spending money freely and extravagantly, often to the point of wastefulness.

Example: His prodigality led him to spend all his savings on luxury items.

Definition: In a way that is extravagant or wasteful, often referring to spending money or resources without care.

Example: He spent his inheritance prodigally, buying expensive cars and traveling around the world.

Definition: Remarkably great in size, amount, or degree; impressive or extraordinary.

Example: The scientist made a prodigious discovery that changed our understanding of the universe.

Definition: In a way that is very impressive or remarkable; to a great extent.

Example: The artist prodigiously created a masterpiece in just one week.

Definition: The quality of being very impressive or extraordinary in size, amount, or degree.

Example: The prodigiousness of the mountain range left the hikers in awe.

Definition: Describing the early signs or symptoms that occur before the main symptoms of a disease appear.

Example: The patient experienced prodromal symptoms such as fatigue and headache before the flu fully developed.

Definition: A substance that is not active as a drug itself but is converted into an active form in the body through metabolic processes.

Example: The new medication is a prodrug that becomes effective after it is metabolized in the liver.