GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
slackento make less active : slow up
exaltto raise in rank, power, or character
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
overwhelmupset
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
smotherto kill by depriving of air
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god