GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| pundit | pandit |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |