wordly wise lesson 9

Question 1

Accumulate

Answer 1

gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

Question 2

Aggravate

Answer 2

make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.

Question 3

Conserve

Answer 3

protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.

Question 4

Contaminate

Answer 4

make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Question 5

Diminish

Answer 5

make or become less.

Question 6

Drastic

Answer 6

likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme.

Question 7

Extravagant

Answer 7

lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

Question 8

Frugal

Answer 8

sparing or economical with regard to money or food

Question 9

Impurity

Answer 9

the quality or condition of being impure.

Question 10

Peril

Answer 10

serious and immediate danger.

Question 11

Perpetual

Answer 11

never ending or changing

Question 12

Resource

Answer 12

a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

Question 13

Substitute

Answer 13

a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Question 14

Sustain

Answer 14

strengthen or support physically or mentally.

Question 15

Vital

Answer 15

absolutely necessary or important; essential