GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
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