GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
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antecede | precede |
deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |