GRE Word List

PROFUSION

lavish expenditure : extravagance

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

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disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
affirmationthe act of affirming
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale