GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| antecede | precede |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |