GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| demure | reserved |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |