GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |