GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| microcosm | a little world |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |