GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.

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WordMeaning
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
thralla state of servitude or submission
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
stockadea line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn