GRE Word List
PROFLIGATE
wildly extravagant
The meaning of the word profligate is wildly extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| fauna | animal life |
| ploy | escapade |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |