When something bad or painful abates, it becomes less strong or severe.

Something that is cloying is way too sweet and tempting; therefore, it nauseates you or makes you disgusted after a while because you’re inclined to have too much of it.

A copious amount of something is a very large amount of it.

A cornucopia is a large quantity and variety of something good and nourishing.

If something, such as a sound, is undergoing a crescendo, it is getting louder and louder or increasing in intensity and is about to reach its peak strength.

When there is a dearth of something, there is a scarcity or lack of it.

A deficit occurs when a person or government spends more money than is received.

A deluge is a sudden, heavy downfall of rain; it can also be a large number of things, such as papers or e-mails, that someone gets all at the same time, making them very difficult to handle.

When you deplete a supply of something, you use it up or lessen its amount over a given period of time.

When an area is devoid of life, it is empty or completely lacking in it.

A diminution of something is a reduction in the size, number, or importance of it.

When an amount of something dwindles, it becomes less and less over time.

An exiguous amount of something is meager, small, or limited in nature.

An exorbitant price or fee is much higher than what it should be or what is considered reasonable.

A glut of anything is an excess or too much of it.

If something is inordinate, it is much larger in amount or degree than is normally expected.

A meager amount of something is small, inadequate, or unsatisfactory in some way.

A paucity of something is not enough of it.

If something plummets, it falls down from a high position very quickly; for example, a piano can plummet from a window and a stock value can plummet during a market crash.

A preponderance of things of a particular type in a group means that there are more of that type than of any other.

If you suffer privation, you live without many of the basic things required for a comfortable life.

A profusion of something is a very large quantity or variety of it.

Something that is prolix, such as a lecture or speech, is excessively wordy; consequently, it can be tiresome to read or listen to.

A scant amount of something is a very limited or slight amount of it; hence, it is inadequate or insufficient in size or quantity.

Something that is succinct is clearly and briefly explained without using any unnecessary words.

Something that is superfluous is unnecessary; it is more than what is wanted or needed at the current time.

If you have a surfeit of something, you have much more than what you need.

When you are presented with a synoptic view of a written work or subject, you receive a summary or general overview of the entirety of its contents.

If you truncate something, you make it shorter or quicker by removing or cutting off part of it.

Something that is verbose, such as a speech or article, contains too many words.

If something—such as power, influence, or feeling—wanes, it gradually becomes weaker or less important, often so much so that it eventually disappears.