Vocab Chapter 13

Question 1

Squander

Answer 1

to waste; spend foolishly

Question 2

curtail

Answer 2

to cut short or reduce

Question 3

incentive

Answer 3

something that moves one to take action or work harder; a motivation

Question 4

digress

Answer 4

to turn aside, or stray, especially from the main topic in speaking or writing

Question 5

rigor

Answer 5

great hardship or difficulty; harshness; severity

Question 6

devastate

Answer 6

to upset deeply; overwhelm

Question 7

succumb

Answer 7

to give in; stop resisting

Question 8

indispensable

Answer 8

necessary

Question 9

incorporate

Answer 9

to unit into a single whole; combine

Question 10

intermittent

Answer 10

starting and stopping from time to time; off and on