GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.

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deludeto mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive
solventable to pay all legal debts
punditpandit
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
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blightedaffected with blight (see blight
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
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