GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |