GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.

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riftfissure
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
dawdleto spend time idly
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing