GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
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| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
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