GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
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| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
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| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
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