Lessons 9-10

Question 1

accumulate

Answer 1

v. increase in number or amount; pile up, collect, or gather

Question 2

aggravate

Answer 2

v. make worse; anger or annoy

(aggravation) n. annoyance; exasperation; source of annoyance or exasperation

Question 3

conserve

Answer 3

v. save by using carefully

(conservation) n. saving or protection of something through careful use

Question 4

contaminate

Answer 4

v. harm by contact with something undesirable

(contamination) n. act of or result of contaminating

Question 5

diminish

Answer 5

v. make or become smaller or less; reduce

Question 6

drastic

Answer 6

adj. severe; extreme

Question 7

extravagant

Answer 7

adj. spending, costing, or using more than is required
(extravagance) n. quality of being wasteful or spending more than is necessary; thing that costs more than one can afford

Question 8

frugal

Answer 8

adj. careful in spending or using something

Question 9

mpurity

Answer 9

n. something that is harmful or dirty

Question 10

peril

Answer 10

n. danger; something that is dangerous
(imperil) v. place in danger
(perilous) adj. dangerous

Question 11

perpetual

Answer 11

adj. lasting or seeming to last forever or for a long time; continuous

Question 12

resource

Answer 12

n. supply that can be used when there is a need; skill in dealing with difficult situations
(resourceful) adj. able to deal with difficult problems

Question 13

substitute

Answer 13

v. replace one thing or person for another
n. something or someone that replaces another
adj. acting in place of someone or something else

Question 14

sustain

Answer 14

v. keep up; support; suffer; undergo

Question 15

vital

Answer 15

adj. necessary for continued life or prosperity; full of lively spirit; of the greatest important

Question 16

anticipate

Answer 16

v. look forward to; expect; be aware of and to provide for beforehand

Question 17

bankrupt

Answer 17

adj. unable to pay one’s debts and freed by law from doing so; left without any worth or value
v. leave without worth or value

Question 18

brief

Answer 18

adj. short; not long-lasting
v. give a short explanation or set of instructions to
n. statement, giving the main points in a case, for use in a court of law

Question 19

brisk

Answer 19

adj. quick; active; stimulating; refreshing

Question 20

budget

Answer 20

n. plan for spending money during a certain period

v. plan the use of carefully

Question 21

compete

Answer 21

v. try to win against others
(competition) n. act of trying to win against others; contest
(competitor) n. one who competes against others

Question 22

complicate

Answer 22

v. make difficult

(complicated) adj. not easy or simple; having many different parts

Question 23

effect

Answer 23

v. make happen
n. result
(effective) adj. bringing about the desired result; in operation; active; making a strong and favorable impression

Question 24

err

Answer 24

v. be wrong or to do wrong
(error) n. mistake
(erroneous) adj. mistaken; wrong; making a strong and favorable impression

Question 25

factor

Answer 25

n. something that contributes to a result

Question 26

fad

Answer 26

n. something that is very popular for a short time, then forgotten

Question 27

gripe

Answer 27

v. complain; annoy or irritate

n. complaint

Question 28

knack

Answer 28

n. special talent or skill; ability to do something easily

Question 29

leisure

Answer 29

n. free time not taken up with work

(leisurely) adj. slow; relaxed

Question 30

unique

Answer 30

adj. only one of its kind