GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
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| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
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