GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |