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appreciable
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ADJECTIVE
Noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated. Ellen saved an appreciable amount of money |
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breadth
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NOUN
Width, distance, from side to side. A wide range. The breadth of the US is 3000 miles. |
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copious
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ADJECTIVE
Plentiful, abundant. The famous author received copious amounts of fan mail. |
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gargantuan
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ADJECTIVE
Gigantic; of immense size, volume or capacity. |
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innumerable
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ADJECTIVE
Too many to count There are innumerable grains of sand on a beach |
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inordinate
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ADJECTIVE
Exceeding reasonable limits. Mary ate inordinate amounts of food. |
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negligible
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ADJECTIVE
Not enough to be worth considering. She did a negligible amount of work. |
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paucity
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NOUN
Smallness of numbers, fewness, scarcity. Because of the paucity of facts, she was unable to defend her case. |
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proliferate
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VERB
To multiply, spread, increase or spread rapidly. Some branches of medicine have proliferated during the last century. |
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pittance
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NOUN
A very small amount. Unable to live on the pittance he received from his farm, he had to sell it and move away. |
