GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
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| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
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