GRE Word List

PROFLIGATE

wildly extravagant

The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.

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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
outspokendirect and open in speech or expression : frank
nourishmentfood
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
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vehementmarked by forceful energy : powerful
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