GRE Word List
PROFUSION
lavish expenditure : extravagance
The meaning of the word profusion is lavish expenditure : extravagance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| hortatory | hortative |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |