GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| sublimate | sublime |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |