GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| inequity | injustice |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |