GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
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| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
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