Meaning: Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation. Synonyms: exorbitant; extortionate; usurious; outrageous; steep; unconscionable. Context examples: exorbitant rent / extortionate prices / spends an outrageous amount on entertainment / usurious interest rate / unconscionable spending. Similar: immoderate (not within reasonable limits)
inveterate. adj. 1. long established, esp so as to be deep-rooted or ingrained: an inveterate feeling of hostility. 2. (prenominal) settled or confirmed in a habit or practice, esp a bad one; hardened: an inveterate smoker.nâ¢vetâ¢erâ¢ate. 1. confirmed in a habit, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease; chronic.
Word Origin & History. iterate 1533, to do again, repeat, back-formation from iteration (1477), from L. iterationem (nom. iteratio) repetition, noun of action from iterare do again, repeat, from iterum again.. To repeat these things in the ears of well read Catholics, is to iterate a thrice-told tale.