GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |