The rainforest's abundant rainfall supports a diverse array of plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth.
雨林充沛的降雨支持了地球上其他地方找不到的多样动植物物种。
Biologist Sarah Whitfield's recent survey of the same lakes found that native mussel populations have stabilized in certain bays where a natural predator of zebra mussels, a species of freshwater drum, has become more abundant, suggesting predation may offset some of the damage Vidal describes.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “abundant”?
C — Plentiful. “abundant” means plentiful.
Which word means “plentiful”?
D — abundant. “abundant” means plentiful.
abundant — plentiful. In Chinese: 大量的,丰富的.
abundant is pronounced /əˈbʌndənt/.
The rainforest's abundant rainfall supports a diverse array of plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. (雨林充沛的降雨支持了地球上其他地方找不到的多样动植物物种。)
plentiful, ample, copious — all close in meaning to abundant (plentiful).
scarce, sparse — each the opposite of abundant (plentiful).
Yes. abundant is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
abound similar to abundant.