GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
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| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
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| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |