GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
decipherdecode
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
pluckto pull or pick off or out
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent