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

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