GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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parochialof or relating to a church parish
proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
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discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
floridvery flowery in style : ornate
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
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snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter