GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| quisling | traitor |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| quench | put out |