GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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poreto gaze intently
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
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filthfoul or putrid matter
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