Vocabulary of Quantity and Amount

The heavy winter snows and the warm spring weather caused an abundance of water to flow down the mountain stream.

Abundance means

• absence

• generous amount

• unusually small amount

• shallow pool

Our guide seemed certain we had brought an adequate supply of food for the hike. Any more would be too heavy to carry.

Adequate means

• uncertain

• incomplete

• dangerously low

• satisfactory

The perfect weather and rich soil assured us of an ample crop of vegetables.

• more than enough

• early

• weak or thin

• insufficient

After the huge meal and dessert, Harvey could hardly get his belt around his bloated stomach.

Bloated

• empty

• swollen

• reduced

• rigid

Thanks to a bounteous harvest, the farmer was able to rent out part of his land and purchase some new machinery.

• barely enough

• plentiful

• puny

• poor

A deficiency of certain vitamins in your diet can cause you to feel weak and listless.

• large supply

• surplus

• overflow

• shortage

The difference in the price of the two cars was negligible, so we bought the one we liked best.

Negligible means

• not worth considering

• great

• surprising

• wide

The broken drainpipe dripped water for days and saturated the carpet with dirty water.

Saturated means

• emptied

• filled completely

• drained

• growing volume

A scarcity of food in the area caused the buffalo to move further south where vegetation could usually be found.

• abundance

• unknown amount

• lack

• growing volume

The apartment was rather small, but it did have voluminous closets for storing my winter clothes.

Voluminous means

• narrow and long

• small in number

• tall

• having great size