GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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stemthe main trunk of a plant
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
rightfuljust
finitehaving definite or definable limits
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
bestialof or relating to beasts
hygienea science of the establishment and maintenance of health
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance