GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |