GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
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| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
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| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
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