Vocab Lesson 4 Flashcards

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Exorbitance

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Extreme, unreasonable expense or price; beyond reasonable or proper limits

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Aggrandize

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To make greater in power, influence stature or reputation; to exaggerate

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Grandiose

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Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur

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Gratuitous

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Unfairly;unjustified

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Intemperate

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Excessive; lacking moderation

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Multifarious

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Having great variety; diverse.

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Opulence

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Wealth; affluence; great abundance, often to excess; lavish

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Profligate

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Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant

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Satiate

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To fully satisfy an appetite or a desire

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Surfeit

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An excessive amount, to overindulge

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