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People are often focused on appearance than on the content of one's character
The word that is the antonym for the word abundant is insufficient.
Explanation:
The word abundant means in very large quantities.In this paragraph, it means that the Sacramento Valley is blessed with large quantities of water.
The antonym that is the opposite of the word abundant is insufficient.
The meaning of insufficient means not enough or not available in large quantities but scarce in availability.
The rest of the words like beautiful is an adjective and describes the valley.
Normal tells about the state of the valley and plentiful is nothing but the synonym (same meaning)of the word abundant.
If it is functioning as a single unit, then the subject is considered to be as if it's the third person singular so the verb is always in the third person singular form. Example would be "The audience is clapping". If you were to observe them as a large number of individuals instead of an entity, you could write "The audience are clapping".
