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  • 121rich — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wealthy, affluent, opulent; fruitful, fertile, luxuriant; vivid; fattening; abundant, bountiful; sumptuous; gorgeous; sonorous, mellow. See money, ornament. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessed of… …

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  • 122teeming — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. swarming, abounding, abundant, plentiful; crowded, chock full, jam packed; replete, fraught, full, pullulating; raining. See multitude. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. replete, crammed, swarming; see… …

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  • 123voluminous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. capacious, big, bulky, copious; prolix; ample. See size. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Large or extensive] Syn. bulky, swelling, roomy, full; see large 1 . 2. [*Having many folds] Syn. many folded,… …

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  • 124abundant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Copious] Syn. sufficient, ample, plentiful, copious; see plentiful 2 . 2. [Well supplied] Syn. abounding, rich, overflowing, teeming; see plentiful 1 . See Synonym Study at plentiful . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 125plentiful — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having or yielding plenty] Syn. prolific, fruitful, profuse, lavish, bountiful, bounteous, plenteous, unstinted, unstinting, liberal, prodigal, unsparing, inexhaustible, bottomless, replete, generous, abundant,… …

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  • 126Sufficiency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sufficiency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sufficiency sufficiency adequacy enough withal quantum sufficit satisfaction competence Sgm: N 1 no less no less GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mediocrity medio …

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  • 127abound — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. abonder to abound, be abundant, come together in great numbers (12c.), from L. abundare overflow, run over, from L. ab off (see AB (Cf. ab )) + undare rise in a wave, from unda water, wave (see WATER (Cf …

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  • 128phlegmatic — cool, calm, self possessed, and in a more pejorative sense, cold, dull, apathetic, 1570s, from lit. sense abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor) (mid 14c.), from O.Fr. fleumatique, from L.L. phlegmaticus, from Gk. phlegmatikos abounding in… …

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