GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| espouse | marry |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| executor | one who executes something |