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  • 21Extravagance — Ex*trav a*gance, n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See {Extravagant}, and cf. {Extravaganza}.] 1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or… …

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  • 22Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …

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  • 23extravagance — noun a) excessive or superfluous expenditure of money b) prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. Syn: lavishness, profusion …

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  • 24luxury — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. self indulgence, prodigality; dainty; elegance, sumptuousness, extravagance. See pleasure, intemperance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Indulgence of the senses, regardless of the cost] Syn. gratification,… …

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  • 25profusion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abundance, multiplicity; excess, waste, superfluity, extravagance; plenty. See multitude, sufficiency, diffusion, liberality. Ant., scarcity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abundance, lavishness,… …

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  • 26waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 27extravagance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lavishness, excessive expenditure, improvidence; see indulgence 3 , waste 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. indulgence, excessiveness, lavishness, wastefulness, excess, immoderation, prodigality, frill, *overkill,… …

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  • 28Waste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Waste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consumption consumption expenditure exhaustion Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion &c. 73 Sgm: N 1 ebb ebb Sgm: N 1 leakage leakage &c.(exudation) 295 …

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  • 29exuberance — n 1. exuberancy, lavishness, extravagance, prodigality, unlimitedness, unreservedness, whole heartedness; generosity, generousness, liberality, liberalism, liberalness, bountifulness, bounteousness, munificence. 2. ebullience, yeastiness, high… …

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  • 30ἀσωτείας — ἀσωτείᾱς , ἀσωτία prodigality fem acc pl ἀσωτείᾱς , ἀσωτία prodigality fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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