GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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WordMeaning
renounceto give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
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exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
flutterto flap the wings rapidly
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
mediateoccupying a middle position
stringenttight
retiringreserved