GRE Word List
PROFUSION
great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant
The meaning of the word profusion is great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flair | talent |
| rusticate | banish to the country; dwell in the country |
| embrace | hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet |
| galaxy | large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities |
| perceptive | insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception |
| decrepit | weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
| vacillate | waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation |
| luminary | celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body) |
| forebears | ancestors |
