GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |