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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.

When you are acquisitive, you are driven to pursue and own wealth and possessions—often in a greedy fashion.

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

When you have ardor for something, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it.

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.

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

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.

A fervid person has strong feelings about something, such as a humanitarian cause; therefore, they are very sincere and enthusiastic about it.

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

If someone has an insatiable desire for something, they always want more of it and never feel as though they have enough.

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

Something that is prodigious is very large, impressive, or great.

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.

If something, such as food or drink, satiates you, it satisfies your need or desire so completely that you often feel that you have had too much.

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 teetotaler is one who does not drink alcohol.

Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time, energy, and effort to support something— notably that of a political or religious nature—because they believe in it very strongly.