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| affluent | adj: Having an abudance of money or possessions; abudant; flowing freely Sent: Idelle envies the way _affluent_ people can afford to redecorate their homes whenever they choose. |
| attain | verb: To achieve; to arrive at Sent: Lancelot's dream is to _attain_ the summit of the highest mountain on each continent. |
| depreciate | verb: To reduce the value or price of; belittle The value of a new car _depreciates_ as soon as it is driven off the lot. |
| destitution | noun: Deprivation; lack of the means of subsistence; complete poverty Unexpected expenditures can drive the working poor into _destitution_. |
| exigency | noun: A pressing need or requirement; a sudden circumstance, often involving danger, that requires prompt action; an emergency A medical _exigency_ often cannot be handled by a lone doctor but requires dedicated team work. |
| extraneous | adj: Not pertinent, not essential, irrelevant After a very dissapointing marking period, Quinn had to give up all _extraneous_ activities and focus on his schoolwork. |
| incidental | adj: Happening as an unplanned or minor consequence of; minor, casual or subordinate Molly knew that Ariel jogged on Sunday mornings, so their encounter in the park wasn't as _incidental_ as she made it seem. |
| inconsequential | adj: Lacking importance; not following in a logical sequence Jacob's final physics quiz score is _inconsequential_; he has a perfect average and the lowest quiz is dropped. |
| indigent | adj: Experiencing want or need; necessitous The Foundation for the Care of _Indigent_ Animals is a Californian volunteer organization that takes in stray dogs in order to find them new, stable homes. |
| indulgence | noun: The act of gratifying a desire, your own or another's; something granted as a favor or privilege Though I love sweets, they're an _indulgence_ I can't afford if I'm to squeeze into a bikini this summer. |
| lavish | verb: To expend or give in abundance; shower Davina dreams of marrying a wealthy man who will _lavish_ her with extravagant jewelry. |
| mandatory | adj: Compulsory; of the nature of a command Yoko could not graduate because she did not complete the _mandatory_ core courses for her major. |
| obsolete | adj: No longer in use; outmoded When my mother was in college, her term papers were written on a typewriter; in the era of personal computers, these machines are _obsolete_. |
| opulence | noun: Wealth, abundance Though he never uses it, Robin keeps the giant yacht as a symbol of his family's _opulence_. |
| procurement | noun: The act of gaining possession of something We would need a collection of special tools for the _procurement_ of the valuables inside the safe. |
| reserve | verb: To set apart or keep back for future use or special purpose They couldn't celebrate Valentine's Day at the Foxwood Inn because they failed to _reserve_ a table. |
| sated | adj: Satisfied, filled to excess After Thanksgiving dinner Humphrey was _sated_; he wouldn't even entertain talk of dessert. |
| surfeit | noun: Excess; overindulgence in food or drink; the result of overindulgence William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia after a _surfeit_ of speechmaking at his presidential inauguration. |
| tangential | adj: merely touching or slightly connected; of superficial relevance only Raul knew by the _tangential_ questions she was asking that Joseph wanted him to take her to the dance. |
| yearn | verb: To have a strong desire; to feel tenderness for Sent: After two weeks on a cucumber-sandwich diet, Camille yearned for something slathered in buffalo-wing sauce. |
