GRE Word List

PROFLIGATE

wildly extravagant

The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.

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talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
dioramaa scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening
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promoteto advance in station, rank, or honor : raise
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