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lavish

Meaning

Characterized by or produced or given in abundance; extravagant, profuse, or unrestrained.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The queen's wedding feast was absolutely lavish. Plates piled high with food, endless music, and gifts overflowing every corner showed how much she truly loved her people, giving everything with unrestrained joy.

The old farmer, after a good harvest, bought a truly lavish amount of new tools. He didn't just get one new shovel; he got five, plus fancy new seed spreaders and even a tiny, unused tractor. It was more than he ever imagined, a huge, happy surprise filling his shed.

The inventor worked tirelessly, her workshop filled with a lavish collection of strange gears and shimmering wires. She needed so many unusual parts for her grand, ambitious clockwork beetle, more than anyone had ever seen assembled for such a purpose.

The king, known for his truly *lavish* appetite, ordered a feast so big, the turkeys had to wear tiny hats just to see over the mountains of mashed potatoes. He just couldn't stop himself from piling on more cakes and pies, making a truly abundant, over-the-top spread.

Barnaby, a badger with questionable taste, adorned his burrow with a lavish amount of glitter glue and sequined socks. His tea parties, featuring lukewarm prune juice and slightly stale crackers, were equally lavish in their sheer, unbridled abundance.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

She threw a lavish birthday party. The tables groaned under the weight of endless food, and gifts overflowed every surface. Everyone ate and drank their fill, no one holding back, truly enjoying the unrestrained abundance of the celebration.

The festival felt truly lavish, with mountains of exotic fruit piled high and musicians playing without a break. Even the smallest stall owner offered free samples, a seemingly endless stream of delicious treats for everyone who passed by. It was more than anyone expected.

The alchemist's laboratory was a sight to behold, filled with a lavish collection of bubbling beakers and shimmering vials. He worked tirelessly, a profuse amount of strange ingredients spilling from overflowing chests, each one crucial for his grand, unrestrained experiment. The air crackled with his extravagant ambition.

Barnaby’s birthday party was a truly lavish affair. Guests were showered with confetti, fed a mountain of cake, and sent home with goodie bags so stuffed they resembled small, glittery boulders. He definitely overdid it, but hey, who’s complaining about endless fun and freebies?

Barnaby, renowned for his truly lavish collection of antique dryer lint sculptures, declared his latest masterpiece complete: a life-sized badger painstakingly crafted from lint, adorned with googly eyes. He insisted on a celebratory parade, complete with a marching band and a never-ending supply of cheese puffs, much to the bewildered delight of his neighbors.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The king's birthday feast was truly lavish. Tables groaned under the weight of roasted meats, shimmering fruits, and enough wine to fill the moat. Servants scurried, topping off goblets and offering second, third, and fourth helpings, a testament to the unrestrained generosity on display.

The auctioneer's gavel fell, and she secured the rare, jewel encrusted ceremonial dagger. Her victory was a lavish display of wealth, a torrent of funds poured out to claim the singular artifact, a testament to her unrestrained desire.

The alchemist's workshop overflowed with a lavish display of bubbling beakers and shimmering powders. Gold dust, spilled in careless abandon, coated every surface, a testament to his extravagant pursuit of the philosopher's stone. He didn't conserve anything, throwing in handfuls of rare herbs without a second thought.

Sir Reginald's birthday bash was a truly lavish affair. Guests arrived via unicorn-drawn carriages, and the buffet featured a veritable mountain of artisanal cheese. He even commissioned a flock of trained doves to deliver tiny, personalized sonnets to each attendee. Frankly, it was an excessive display of good cheer.

Sir Reginald's cat, Bartholomew, demanded a breakfast of caviar and gold flakes, a truly lavish display of feline entitlement. His meows, usually a polite suggestion for kibble, now boomed with the urgency of a starving emperor. Bartholomew's culinary expectations were undeniably extravagant.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After years of austerity, the prodigal son returned, showering his family with a truly lavish display of gifts. Their former hardship evaporated under the abundant generosity, a stark contrast to the penury they had endured. It was an extravagant outpouring, a profuse return that seemed unrestrained.

The hermit, ostracized for his peculiar alchemical pursuits, found himself unexpectedly the recipient of the villagers' fear and awe. They left him a lavish supply of sustenance—vast quantities of root vegetables and cured meats, an extravagant offering to appease the perceived sorcery of his solitary existence.

The paleontologist's meticulous excavation revealed a truly *lavish* cache of fossilized ichthyosaur vertebrae, far more than expected. Each perfectly preserved segment, piled high and glinting under the desert sun, spoke of an abundance of ancient life, an extravagant bounty unearthed after eons.

Barnaby, a preposterous plutocrat, once commissioned a statue of himself crafted entirely from artisanal foie gras, a truly lavish display that, while certainly abundant, proved an irresistible siren call to legions of pigeons. His subsequent avian siege was a testament to unrestrained culinary excess.

The emperor's decree was quite lavish, a veritable cornucopia of peculiar pronouncements. He mandated that all court jesters wear luminous, taxidermied platypuses as epaulets, and that dinner parties feature only ambrosial, self-stirring consommé served in bejeweled chalices. This unbridled abundance of whimsy certainly defined the epoch.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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