GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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|---|---|
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| concur | to express agreement |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| natal | native |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| potentate | ruler |
| avow | to declare assuredly |