GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| nourishment | food |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |