GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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dumbfoundto confound (see confound
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fellskin
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
overblownpast the prime of bloom
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax