GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
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meander | a winding path or course |
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refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
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castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
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bog | wet spongy ground |
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