GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
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stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
denizen | inhabitant |
inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
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torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
cerebration | to use the mind : think |
lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
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