GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| rift | fissure |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |