Olá,
I’m wondering what the rules are around the words “muito”, “bastante” and “demais”? Because I always find myself using “muito” by default with the flash cards and sometimes this isn’t right!
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Basically, muito means a lot, bastante means enough or a fair amount, and demais means too much.
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Thanks for the clarification 
Olá, @Tom. The following Learning Notes cover this topic:
- Adverbs of Degree: A Little, A Lot, etc. | Practice Portuguese
- Bastante, Quase, and Realmente | Practice Portuguese
Bastante can be translated as enough or plenty, but also very or many/a lot. In these latter senses, it’s pretty much interchangeable with muito. Demais, on the other hand, is always one degree higher than both (meaning not just a lot, but really too much, like @azafran341 said).
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Thank you for the links to the learning notes! I’ll give them a read tonight.