GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |