adjective · Hard SAT word

    Profligate

    extravagant; a dissolute man in fashionable society

    Profligate in a sentence

    His profligate spending habits bankrupted his family fortune within years.

    Synonyms for profligate

    • wasteful
    • excessive
    • dissolute

    Antonyms for profligate

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