GRE Word List

PROFLIGATE

wildly extravagant

The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.

Random words

WordMeaning
microcosma little world
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
boostto push or shove up from below
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
ovoidresembling an egg in shape : ovate
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering