The museum charged an exorbitant admission fee that discouraged many local families from visiting.
博物馆收取了过高的门票费，使得许多本地家庭不愿前往参观。
Which choice best defines “exorbitant”?
C — Excessively high (of price).. “exorbitant” means Excessively high (of price)..
Which word means “Excessively high (of price).”?
D — exorbitant. “exorbitant” means Excessively high (of price)..
exorbitant — Excessively high (of price).. In Chinese: 过高的；离谱的.
exorbitant is pronounced //ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt//.
The museum charged an exorbitant admission fee that discouraged many local families from visiting. (博物馆收取了过高的门票费，使得许多本地家庭不愿前往参观。)
excessive, outrageous, inflated — all close in meaning to exorbitant (Excessively high (of price).).
reasonable, moderate — each the opposite of exorbitant (Excessively high (of price).).
Yes. exorbitant is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ex(出) + orbit(轨道) → 脱离常轨 → 天价。