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includes excessive eating, drinking, and frivolity.
rife
    (rahyf)
    ADJECTIVE: Widespread and in abundant supply; endemic.
robust
    (roh-BUST)
    ADJECTIVE: Strong and rich in flavor or smell.
    Robert’s discernable palate and lack of tact are a terrible pairing—especially for the kitchen staff—as he will send back any dish lacking ROBUST flavor.
rotund
    (roh-TUND)
    ADJECTIVE: Rounded or plump.
    Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but greedy of honor and feeding on selfishness.
    —N ICHOLAS C HAMFORT

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    I think it’s important
to encourage gluttony
in all its formats.
    —L YDIA L UNCH
sake
    (SAH-kee)
    NOUN: An alcoholic Japanese beverage made from fermented rice.
sangria
    (sang-GREE-uh)
    NOUN: A Spanish drink made of wine and fruit.
sapid
    (SAP-id)
    ADJECTIVE: Having a strong and agreeable taste.
    That portly fellow eats in such haste that it does not matter whether the food is SAPID or even fully cooked.
sated
    (SEYT-ed)
    ADJECTIVE: To be full or satisfied.
satiate
    (SEY-shee-eyt)
    VERB: To satisfy one’s hunger; to indulge a person or thing.
satisfaction
    (sat-iss-FAK-shuhn)
    NOUN: The fulfillment of a need or desire or the feeling that accompanies that; contentment.
savor
    (SEY-vuhr)
    VERB: To enjoy something in an unhurried manner so as to let the experience last longer; relish.
    When it comes to fowl straight off the rotisserie, Benjamin chooses to SAVOR each succulent bite, pulling the meat slowly from the bone and chewing each mouthful slowly.
scoff
    (skawf)
    VERB: Scoff can mean to either show disdain for a person, thing, or idea or to eat one’s food in a very quick and voracious manner.
self-centered
    (self-SEN-tuhrd)
    ADJECTIVE: To only be concerned with one’s own selfish needs.
self-indulgence
    (self-in-DUL-juhnts)
    NOUN: To spoil oneself; to show a lack of self-
control when it comes to indulging one’s desires and passions.
selfish
    (SELF-ish)
    ADJECTIVE: Concerned with one’s own needs and passions or behaving in a way that indicates you are only concerned with yourself.
shameless
    (SHEYM-lis)
    ADJECTIVE: Feeling a lack of embarrassment or humiliation in a situation where societal norms would call for it; unashamed.
shattered
    (SHAT-erd)
    ADJECTIVE: Most often used to describe something that has been broken into pieces, shattered can also describe someone who is drunk.
Sisyphean
    (sis-uh-FEE-en)
    ADJECTIVE: Endless work or labor, though often without a purpose.
slake
    (sleyk)
    VERB: To satisfy an appetite for something, particularly a desire for an alcoholic beverage.
slobber
    (SLOB-er)
    VERB: To drool or let saliva or some other liquid run from one’s mouth.
    While it’s always polite to thank someone who has prepared a meal for you—SLOBBERING in anticipation is not the best way of going about offering your appreciation.
smashed
    (smasht)
    ADJECTIVE: Extremely drunk.
    Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.
    —G EORGE B ERNARD S HAW
snack
    (snack)
    VERB: To eat a small amount of food in between regular meals; as a noun, a snack is a small amount of food you eat.
soak up
    (sohk up)
    VERB: The phrase really means to absorb something but is used more informally in reference to excessive drinking.
sop
    (sop)
    VERB: To dip or soak a piece of food in a liquid; absorb.
    Once he cleaned all the food off of his plate, he used a piece of bread to SOP up the remaining juices of the steak.
spendthrift
    (SPEND-thrift)
    NOUN: One who spends money in an extravagant, squandering manner.
spendy
    (SPEN-dee)
    ADJECTIVE: Expensive.
splurge
    (splurj)
    VERB: To indulge in an extravagant manner.
spoil
    (spoyl)
    VERB: To taint or ruin something; the adjective form “spoiled” means to no longer be edible because of decay.
spree
    (spree)
    NOUN: A period marked by some sort of self-indulgent behavior, from shopping to drinking.
squander
    (SKWON-der)
    VERB: To spend or diminish something in a wasteful