GRE Word List
PROFUSION
great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant
The meaning of the word profusion is great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonition | forewarning; presentiment; foreboding |
| anthology | book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus |
| scintillate | sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation |
| rendezvous | meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V. |
| aristocracy | hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat |
| seasonable | occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute |
| astigmatism | eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism |
| disenfranchise | disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise |
| sullen | silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy |
| irate | angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath |
