GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |