GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| drab | slattern |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |