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Vocabulary Lesson 14: Abundance and Extravagance

Vocabulary Lesson 14: Abundance and Extravagance

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Vocabulary Lesson 14:

Abundance and Extravagance

By Gayle Tidona

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Have you ever embellished the truth? Gone to a lavish party? Been voraciously hungry? The words in this lesson deal with concepts related to large or excessive amounts. Studying these words will help you to write more expressively.

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Saving her small change enabled her to amass enough money to take a cruise.

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examine

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collect

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waste

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decorate

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Saving her small change enabled her to amass enough money to take a cruise.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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verb

  • to gather or collect a large quantity​

  • accumulate

​ "create a mass of something"

amass

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She embellished her handwriting with fancy swirls and dots.

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decorated

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perfumed

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gathered

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grew in

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She embellished her handwriting with fancy swirls and dots.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The wooden lace on Victorian houses was a nineteenth-century embellishment.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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verb

  • to add decorative details or ornaments

  • ​adorn, decorate

noun - embellishment​

To embellish the truth means "to exaggerate" or "to lie."

embellish

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The expensive gown was an extravagance that she couldn't afford.

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great expense

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exaggeration

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singer or dancer

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decoration

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The expensive gown was an extravagance that she couldn't afford.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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They filled their yard with an extravagant display of decorations.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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noun​

  • ​an expense or effort that is great or excessive

adjective - extravagant​

There is something "extra" to the item.

extravagance

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When I glut myself on candy, I feel sick to my stomach.

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save

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give

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stuff

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brake

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When I glut myself on candy, I feel sick to my stomach.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The giant in the fairy tale was a glutton, eating everything in sight.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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Gluttony was once called one of the "Seven Deadly Sins."

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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verb

  • to fill or eat beyond capacity

  • to flood with an excess of goods

noun - glutton, gluttony​

People glut at meals on holidays.

​glut

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The restaurant seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of hamburgers.

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ample

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unusual

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unlimited

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extra

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The restaurant seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of hamburgers.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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adjective

  • unlimited; unable to be used up or tired out​

​The prefix in means not; the Energizer Bunny is not able to be exhausted.

inexhaustible

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Collin was impressed by the lavish furnishings in the hotel room.

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luxurious

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small

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decorative

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unlimited

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Collin was impressed by the lavish furnishings in the hotel room.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The mother lavished attention on her sick child.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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Barry was embarrassed by the lavishness of his friend's praise.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The senior dressed lavishly for the prom.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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adjective

  • Extremely plentiful and luxurious​

  • generous in amount

adverb - lavishly​

verb - lavish

noun - lavishness​

Lavish and extravagant are synonyms.

lavish

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It is outrageous for photographers to follow a celebrity's every move.

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tragic

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beyond limits

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excessive

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very unusual

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It is outrageous for photographers to follow a celebrity's every move.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The child behaved outrageously when her mother would not buy the toy.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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Customers considered the sudden price increase an outrage.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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adjective

  • going beyond proper limits

​adverb - outrageously

noun - outrage​

A little "out" there.

outrageous

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The daffodils grew profusely on the hillside.

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sincerely

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loudly

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politely

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abundantly

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The daffodils grew profusely on the hillside.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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Your profuse use of exclamation points is inappropriate in a formal essay.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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A profusion of stars appeared in the sky, soon after the sun went down.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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adverb

  • abundantly

  • generously

adjective - profuse

noun - profusion​

profusely

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The spendthrift won the lottery and squandered all the money in a month.

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bad friend

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wasteful spender

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overeater

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evil ruler

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The spendthrift won the lottery and squandered all the money in a month.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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His spendthrift habits resulted in outrageous credit card debt.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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noun

  • a person who spends money wastefully or carelessly

adjective - spendthrift​

​spendthrift

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I had a voracious appetite after running the marathon.

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decorative

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quiet

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polite

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greedy

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I had a voracious appetite after running the marathon.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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After the long battle, the soldier ate voraciously.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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The teenagers' voracity made it difficult for their mother to keep the pantry stocked with food.

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noun

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verb

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adjective

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adverb

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adjective

  • extremely hungry for large amounts of food

  • extremely greedy

​adverb - voraciously

noun - voracity​

A person can be a voracious reader or another hobby.

voracious

Vocabulary Lesson 14:

Abundance and Extravagance

By Gayle Tidona

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Have you ever embellished the truth? Gone to a lavish party? Been voraciously hungry? The words in this lesson deal with concepts related to large or excessive amounts. Studying these words will help you to write more expressively.

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