Vocab Practice: Exorbitant

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on March 17, 2014.

Let’s do a practice round!

Exorbitant means:

A) Concealed underground
B) Fairly priced
C) Unreasonably expensive
D) Marked by external beauty

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An Exorbitant Indulgence?

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What would you pay for a nice bunch of fresh flowers?

If you had been a Dutch citizen living in the mid-1630s, you may have spent more for fresh tulips than anyone would consider reasonable by today’s standards.

Why were these flowers considered so valuable?

As tulips became a coveted [Read more…]