GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| passe | past one's prime |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| exude | to ooze out |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |