GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |