- accolade: n.---an award given as a sign of appreciation or respect
- acrid: adj.---bitter, harsh
- ample: adj.---abundant, plentiful, enough or more than enough
- arid: adj.---dry, lacking water
- coalesce: v.---to have different opinions join together; fuse; converge
- convalesce: v.---to recover from an illness
- emaciated: adj.---thin, scrawny, as a result of starvation
- esteem: v.---to value highly, to have great regard for
- exalt: v.---to praise highly
- glutton: n.---person who eats and drinks excessively
- plethora: n.---excess; abundance
- prolific: adj.---abundant; producing a great deal; fertile
- ravenous: adj.---famished, hungry, starving, voracious
- revere: v.---to regard highly with love and respect
- savory: adj.---delicious, appetizing
- superfluous: adj.---overabundant; more than needed; unnecessary
- surfeit: n.---an oversupply
- venerate: v.---to feel or show deep respect for
- virtuoso: n.---a highly skilled performer; usually a musical performer
- voracious: adj.---craving or consuming large quantities of food