GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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WordMeaning
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
pontificalepiscopal attire
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satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
gambolto skip about in play : frisk
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
elatedmarked by high spirits : exultant
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection