GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
apoplexystroke
appriseto give notice to : tell
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
equipoisea state of equilibrium
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful