GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| overwhelm | upset |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |