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extravagant [ıkˈstrævəgənt] ADJ

2. extravagant:

▶ extravagance, extravagancy N
▶ extravagantly ADV

extradite [ˈekstrədaıt] VB trans

▶ extradition [ˌekstrəˈdıʃən] N

extraction [ıkˈstrækʃən] N

extricate [ˈekstrıkeıt] VB trans

▶ extrication [ˌek­strıˈkeıʃən] N

I . extract [ıkˈstrækt] VB trans

II . extract [ıkˈstrækt, ˈekstrækt] N

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Yet these exceptional extravagances came not of weakness but from excess of power.
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Though his works were universally admired by contemporaries, later commentators have remarked that their erudition was marred by speculative extravagances.
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The two of them would spend the evening railing against other people's extravagances while they shared a single glass of wine.
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He regarded this, not so much as an extravagance, but rather as an aristocratic duty.
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In that era, convening even larger grand juries just to indict criminals was seen as an unnecessary extravagance.
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The book is a satire on human society, and a warning about the dangers and extravagances of life in the city.
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He ran the system as a commercial venture and because of his extravagance the postal system deteriorated.
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The 501 made an impression on the public with its solid engineering and its extravagance.
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This depression touched even the very wealthy across the country and membership in an exclusive club became an extravagance.
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He was known for his wild antics, his practical jokes and his extravagance and frivolousness, which his father approved of wholeheartedly.
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