GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |