GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| disquietude | anxiety |