GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |