156 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Vocabulary Lesson 44: More or Less
Today’s roots: facere to do plere to fill
copia abundance macer thin❑ paucity(adj) lack; scarcity (paucusfew, little)
I love good food, so I’m frustrated by the paucityof good restaurants in town.
Synonyms:dearth, scantiness Antonyms:abundance, plenitude, copiousness❑ surfeit(n) an excessive amount (sur-over+facereto do)
Thesurfeitof food on the table for Thanksgiving dinner left us all with bulging stomachs.
Synonyms:glut, plethora, overabundance Antonyms:deficiency, dearth, paucity❑ copious(adj) abundant (copiaabundance)
Thecopiousmistakes in Robert’s final paper showed his lack of effort.
Synonyms:ample, bountiful Antonyms:scanty, sparse, deficient❑ barren(adj) infertile
Thebarrenland was so devoid of life that it was difficult to find even a weed.
Synonyms:sterile, desolate Antonyms:fecund, fertile❑ capacious(adj) having lots of room (capaxable to hold a lot)
Thecapaciousauditorium had enough seats for all 5,000 students with room to spare.
Synonyms:spacious, voluminous Antonyms:exiguous, scanty❑ scanty(adj) meager; barely enough
Thescantyportions the soldiers received left them hungry and weak.
Synonyms:inadequate, meager, deficient Antonyms:sufficient, adequate❑ replete(adj) completely filled (re-again+plereto fill)
The old storage facility was repletewith decrepit furniture that had far outlived its usefulness.
Synonyms:crammed, stuffed Antonyms:vacant, barren❑ sparse(adj) thinly dispersed or scattered (sparsus scattered)
Synonyms: scant, scanty, paltry❑ voluminous(adj) having great size (volumenroll of writing)
Synonyms:cavernous, capacious, plentiful❑ desolate(adj) deserted (de-completely+solusalone)
Synonyms:uninhabited, barren❑ diminutive(adj) tiny (de-completely+minuereto make small)
Synonyms:undersized, miniature❑ meager(adj) inadequate (macerthin)
Synonyms:measly, paltry❑ rarefy(v) to make less dense or less plentiful (rarusrare+facereto make)
❑ rife(adj) plentiful
Synonyms:abundant, rampant, widespread