SAT vocabulary

Abstemious

Characterized by abstinence, austerity, or strict moderation, especially in eating and drinking

Example

"Despite the lavish banquet spread before him, the monk maintained his abstemious habits, taking only dry bread and water."

From Latin abstemius, from ab- ('away from') + stem akin to temetum ('intoxicating drink').

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