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profligacy

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[prof-li-guh-see]
noun
1.
shameless dissoluteness.
2.
reckless extravagance.
3.
great abundance.

Origin:
1730–40; proflig(ate) + -acy

prodigality, profligacy.
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Profligacy is a GRE word you need to know.
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draw out or lengthen, esp. in time
natural inclination
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  • But that profligacy was also a reflection of a social transformation: the traditional social order could no longer be counted.
  • Hardest of all will be finding the political will to curb profligacy.
  • Germany was a driving force, fearful that its economy would be punished for the profligacy of other euro.
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profligate (ˈprɒflɪɡɪt)
 
adj
1.  shamelessly immoral or debauched
2.  wildly extravagant or wasteful
 
n
3.  a profligate person
 
[C16: from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from pro-1 + flīgere to beat]
 
profligacy
 
n
 
'profligately
 
adv

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