GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
prolongto lengthen in time : continue
contrivancea thing contrived
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
caterto provide a supply of food
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing