GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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WordMeaning
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
conflagrationfire
appellationan identifying name or title : designation
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
purportedreputed