GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |