GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| welter | writhe |