GRE Word List

PROFLIGATE

wildly extravagant

The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.

Random words

WordMeaning
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
humdrummonotonous
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
enmitypositive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
dowseto plunge into water
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
meniala person doing menial work
arroyoa watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region