GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |