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Profusion N Overabundance Lavish Expenditure Excess Freddy Overwhelmed

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Part of Speech N.
Definition overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess.
Sentence Freddy was so overwhelmed by the profusion of choices on the menu that he knocked over his wine glass and soaked the host.  He made profuse apologies to his host, the waiter, the busboy, the people at the next table, and the man in the men's room giving out paper towels.

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