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extravagant

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

exceeding reasonable limits, especially in spending or expression

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Extravagant in a sentence

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The host threw an extravagant party that ran far over budget.

Synonyms
lavishexcessiveprofuse
Antonyms
frugalmodestrestrained

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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.

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Extravagant (adjective) means exceeding reasonable limits, especially in spending or expression
Here is extravagant used in an example sentence: "The host threw an extravagant party that ran far over budget."
Common synonyms for extravagant include lavish, excessive, profuse.
Antonyms of extravagant include frugal, modest, restrained.
Extravagant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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