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

Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable, such as eating or drinking; rather, they consume in a moderate fashion.

Abstinence is the practice of keeping away from or avoiding something you enjoy—such as the physical pleasures of excessive food and drink—usually for health or religious reasons.

You allay someone’s fear or concern by making them feel less afraid or worried.

When you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it less painful or severe, thereby calming it.

Something austere is simple and plain in its style; an austere person is strict and severe with themselves.

Avarice is the extremely strong desire to have a lot of money and possessions.

Something that is capacious has a lot of space and can contain a lot of things.

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.

If you covet something that someone else has, you have a strong desire to have it for yourself.

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

A decadent person has low moral standards and is more interested in pleasure than serious matters.

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.

Desiderata are a wish list of things that are considered highly desirable or necessary to have.

Someone who is epicurean derives great pleasure in material and sensual things, especially good food and drink.

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

Someone who is frugal spends very little money—and even then only on things that are absolutely necessary.

Hedonism is the belief that pleasure is important, so much so that life should be spent doing only things that one enjoys.

Someone who is indulgent tends to let other people have what they want; someone can be kind to excess when being indulgent.

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

Someone who is jaded is bored with or weary of the world because they have had too much experience with it.

When you behave with moderation, you live in a balanced and measured way; you do nothing to excess.

A parsimonious person is not willing to give or spend money.

A paucity of something is not enough of it.

If you describe a person’s behavior as rapacious, you disapprove of them because they always want more money, goods, or possessions than they really need.

If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry.

If someone regales you, they tell you stories and jokes to entertain you— and they could also serve you a wonderful feast.

Stores that are replete with goods to sell are well-stocked and completely supplied to satisfy many customers.

A spartan lifestyle is very simple and severe; it has no luxuries or comforts.

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

A sybarite is very fond of expensive and luxurious things; therefore, they are devoted to a life of pleasure.

A teetotaler is one who does not drink alcohol.

If you show temperance, you limit yourself so that you don’t do too much of something; you act in a controlled and well-balanced way.

An unquenchable desire or thirst cannot be satisfied or gotten rid of.

A voracious person has a strong desire to want a lot of something, especially food.

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