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glut
an excessive supply of something
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Glut (noun) means an excessive supply of something
Here is glut used in an example sentence: "A glut of oil flooded the market, driving prices down to record lows."
Common synonyms for glut include surplus, excess, surfeit, overabundance.
Antonyms of glut include scarcity, shortage, dearth.
Glut is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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