GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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|---|---|
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
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| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| trample | tramp |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
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| slapdash | haphazard |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |