GRE Word List

PROFLIGATE

wildly extravagant

The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.

Random words

WordMeaning
compulsionan act of compelling
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
accessoryan object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
faunaanimal life
ployescapade
stereotypeto make a stereotype from
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric