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- Rhea was a large port surrounded by sufficient arable land to support a thriving town.†
Chpt 19sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Once sufficient wax had pooled on the tabletop, he jammed the candle down into it until it was well stuck.†
Chpt 21
- Are my gifts at his altar insufficient, that I lost his favor?†
Chpt 21 *insufficient = not adequate (not enough)standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insufficient means not and reverses the meaning of sufficient. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definitions:
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(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)