Vocabulary Lesson 4 Excess

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surfeit

a. noun: An excessive amount b. verb: To feed or supply to excess or disgust; to overindulge

intemperate (noun: intemperance)

adjective Excessive; lacking moderation

multifarious

adjective Having great variety; diverse

profligate (noun: profligacy)

adjective Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant

gratuitous

adjective Unnecessary; unjustified

grandiose (noun: grandiosity)

adjective a. Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur b. Grand; magnificent in size, beauty or scope; impressive

satiate

verb To fully satisfy an appetite or a desire

aggrandize (noun: aggrandizement)

verb a. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation b. To exaggerate, or make something seem greater than it is

exorbitance (adjective: exorbitant)

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

opulence (adjective: opulent)

noun a. Wealth; affluence b. Great abundance, often to excess; lavishness


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