GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |