GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
novelty | something new or unusual |
demure | reserved |
leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |