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exorbitant (eg ZAWR bit int) adj. above and beyond what is reasonable; 107
immodest; excessive; extravagant
• Would you say that William Randolph Hearst lived a rather exorbitant
lifestyle at San Simeon?
• Some (myself included) consider $8 movie theater tickets to be exorbitant.
expect (eks PEKT) vt. 1. to look for or look forward to as likely to happen or
appear; 2. to look for as if it were due; 3. to suppose
• Gizmo, the dog, sits by the front door each evening at 6:00 expecting his
master at any moment.
• After retrieving the customer’s car, the valet held out his hand as if a gratuity
was expected.
• Diane expects to have a late supper after the theater.
[-ed, -ing] [Syn. anticipate, presume]
expedite (EKS pid YT) vt. 1. to speed up, hasten, or facilitate something’s hap-
pening; 2. to do quickly
• Preheating the oven will expedite dinner after mom brings the frozen pizza
home.
• Paying for overnight delivery will expedite your receiving the new software
package.
[-d, expediting]
experience (eks PIR ee ens) n. 1. having had personal involvement in events as
they occurred; 2. anything lived through or observed; 3. all that has occurred in
one’s life to that point in time being considered; 4. the effect of everything that has
happened to a person or that the person has observed —vt. to personally
encounter; to undergo
• After her third child, Melissa had ambivalent feelings surrounding the
experience of childbirth.
• About 20 million people experienced the Northeast electrical blackout of 1977.
• Karen’s total experience through the first 53 years of her life made her an
optimistic person.
• David’s urban life experiences gave him a cynical outlook.
• Try to experience as many new things as possible.
[-d, experiencing]
experiment (eks PER im int) n. 1. a test to find something not yet known or to
confirm or demonstrate something; 2. the performing of such tests —vi. to do
experiments
• It took many experiments to find a vaccine for polio.
• Daphne’s experiments with different versions of an uppercase D took place
over several months before she settled on a signature that she was pleased
with.
• Jake’s mom experimented with many combinations of peanut butter and
jelly before finding one he liked.
[-al adj., -ally adv.] [Syn. trial]