GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |