GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
progenydescendants
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum
uncouthawkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude
palpablecapable of being touched or felt : tangible
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
exhumedisinter
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
cadeta younger brother or son
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances