GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
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acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |