GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |