The city's extravagant fountain project drained the budget, leaving little for essential road repairs.
该市奢侈的喷泉项目耗尽了预算，几乎没有留下资金用于必要的道路维修。
Which choice best defines “extravagant”?
D — Excessive; wastefully lavish.. “extravagant” means Excessive; wastefully lavish..
Which word means “Excessive; wastefully lavish.”?
B — extravagant. “extravagant” means Excessive; wastefully lavish..
extravagant — Excessive; wastefully lavish.. In Chinese: 奢侈的；铺张的.
extravagant is pronounced //ɪkˈstrævəɡənt//.
The city's extravagant fountain project drained the budget, leaving little for essential road repairs. (该市奢侈的喷泉项目耗尽了预算，几乎没有留下资金用于必要的道路维修。)
lavish, wasteful, profligate — all close in meaning to extravagant (Excessive; wastefully lavish.).
frugal, economical — each the opposite of extravagant (Excessive; wastefully lavish.).
Yes. extravagant 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.
extra(超) + vag(游) → 超出常度 → 挥霍。