vocab lesson 4 Flashcards
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Exorbitance
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Extreme, unreasonable expense or price; being 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, or make something seem greater than it is
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Grandiose
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Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur.
Grand; magnificent in size, beauty or scope; impressive
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Gratuitous
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Unnecessary; 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; lavishness
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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 feed or supply to excess or disgust; to overindulge
