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45 Cards in this Set
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surfeit
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an amount that is too large
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surplus
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an amount that is extra or more than what you need
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superfluous
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more than you need or want
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cloy, cloying
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to cause distaste by supplying too much of something originally pleasant
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fraught, ridden with
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filled with something unpleasant
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wrought
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overcome with
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replete
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filled with something
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imbue
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to fill someone with steering opinions or values
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imbibe
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to absorb, take in
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devoid
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completely lacking in something
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bereft
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completely lacking something
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death
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a lack of something
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deficit
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the amount of money earned is less than the amount of money owed
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dispense with
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to stop using somebody or something because you no longer need them or it
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hedonistic
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below that pleasure is the most important thing in life
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epicurean
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lover of food and finer things
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sybaritic
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devoted to pleasure
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libertine
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a person who lives an immoral life and is devoted to pleasure
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gluttonous
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a person who eats too much
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quaff
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to drink a large amount quickly
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abstemious
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not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol, or to do things that are enjoyable
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ascetic
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not allowing yourself physical pleasure, especially for religious purposes
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abstain
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to decide not to do our have something, especially something that you like and enjoy because it is bad for your health or morally incorrect
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forgo
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to decide not to have or do
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abnegate
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the act of not allowing yourself something that you want, the act of rejecting something
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ample
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abundant
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copious
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in large amounts
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lavish
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large in amount, or impressive, and usually choosing a lot of money
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myriad
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an extremely large number of something
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plethora
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excess; abundance
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prolific
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producing many works
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deluge
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a flued odd something; when a lot of things arrive at the same time
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profuse
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more than enough
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rife
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common or in large amounts
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amass
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to collect things, especially in large quantities
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ubiquitous
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seeming to be everywhere or in several places at once
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sumptuous
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very expensive and looking very impressive
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stockpile
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a large supply of something that is kept to be used sometime in the future
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modicum
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a fairly small amount
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paucity
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small in quality
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tinge
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a little bit
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sparse
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only present in small amounts and usually spread over large areas
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lilliputian
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a small size
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infinitesimal
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a small amount
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minimalist
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someone who uses only the bear minimum
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