GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| license | permission to act |