If you abridge a book or play, you make it shorter by making cuts to the original.

A situation or condition that is abysmal is extremely bad or of wretched quality.

Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.

When something attenuates, it lessens in size or intensity; it becomes thin or weakened.

To augment something is to increase its value or effectiveness by adding something to it.

When you claim that something is banal, you do not like it because you think it is ordinary, dull, commonplace, and boring.

A bravura performance, such as of a highly technical work for the violin, is done with consummate skill.

Something colossal is extremely big, gigantic, or huge.

If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.

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

A cynosure is an object that serves as the center of attention.

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

If you say that a person or thing is the epitome of something, you mean that they or it is the best possible example of that thing.

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

If something is formidable, it is impressive in size, power, or skill; therefore, it can make you feel frightened, alarmed, or in awe because it is so powerful or difficult to deal with.

Something frivolous is not worth taking seriously or considering because it is silly or childish.

Something gargantuan is extremely large.

Someone who has had an illustrious professional career is celebrated and outstanding in their given field of expertise.

Something that is imperceptible is either impossible to be perceived by the mind or is very difficult to perceive.

Inconsequential matters are unimportant or are of little to no significance.

The adjective ineffable refers to something that is so impressive and beautiful that you cannot describe it in words.

If something is infallible, it is never wrong and so is incapable of making mistakes.

Something infinitesimal is so extremely small or minute that it is very hard to measure it.

Something insipid is dull, boring, and has no interesting features; for example, insipid food has no taste or little flavor.

Jejune food is lacking in nutrition.

A leviathan is something that is very large, powerful, difficult to control, and rather frightening.

Something mediocre is average or ordinary in quality; it’s just OK.

Something minuscule is extremely small in size or amount.

A monumental event is very great, impressive, or extremely important in some way.

Nominal can refer to someone who is in charge in name only, or it can refer to a very small amount of something; both are related by their relative insignificance.

Something nonpareil has no equal because it is much better than all others of its kind or type.

A paragon is an example of a thing or person at its or their very best.

Something that is of paramount importance or significance is chief or supreme in those things.

If you describe something as pedestrian, you think that it is ordinary and not interesting.

A precocious child shows advanced intelligence or skill at an unusually young age.

Something prosaic is dull, boring, and ordinary.

Something is quintessential when it is a perfect example of its type.

A stupendous event or accomplishment is amazing, wonderful, or spectacular.

If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.

A trite remark or idea is so overused that it is no longer interesting or novel.

Something trivial is of little value or is not important.

Something vapid is dull, boring, and/or tiresome.

A virtuoso is someone who is very skillful at something, especially playing a musical instrument.

Something that is voluminous is long, large, or vast in size.