Category: Amounts Flashcards

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Modicum

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(n. ) a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable

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Minute

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(adj.) extremely small

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Scarce

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(adj.) (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand

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Sparse

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(adj.) thinly dispersed or scattered

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Superfluous

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(adj.) unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

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Exorbitant

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(adj.) (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high

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Inordinate

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(adj.) unusually or disproportionately large; excessive

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Dearth

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(n.) a scarcity or lack of something

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Plethora

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(n.) a large or excessive amount of something

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Copious

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(adj.) abundant in supply or quantity

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Abundant

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(adj.) existing or available in large quantities; plentiful

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Profuse

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(adj.) (especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant

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Gauge

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(v.) estimate or determine the magnitude, amount, or volume of

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