Wordly Wise Lesson 9

Question 1

accumulate

Answer 1

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

Question 2

aggravate/ aggravation

Answer 2

v. 1. To make worse.
2. To annoy or anger

Aggravation

1. Annoyance; exasperation
2. A source of annoyance or exasperation.

Question 3

conserve

Answer 3

v.To save by using carefully

Conservation
n.The saving or protection of something through careful use.

Question 4

contaminate/ contamination

Answer 4

v.To harm by contact with something undesirable.

Contamination
n.The act of or result of contaminating.

Question 5

diminish

Answer 5

v.To make or become smaller or less; to reduce.

Question 6

drastic

Answer 6

adj.Severe; extreme.

Question 7

extravagant/ extravagance

Answer 7

adj. 1.Spending, costing, or using more than is required.

Extravagance
n.1.The quality of being wasteful or spending more than is necessary.

2. A thing that costs more than one can afford.

Question 8

frugal

Answer 8

adj.Careful in spending or using something.

Question 9

impurity

Answer 9

n.Something that is harmful or dirty.

Question 10

peril/ imperil/ perilous

Answer 10

n.Danger; something that is dangerous.

Imperil
v.To 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/ resourceful

Answer 12

n. 1.A supply that can be used when there is a need.
2. Skill in dealing with difficult situations.

Resourceful
1.adj. Able to deal with difficult problems.

Question 13

substitute

Answer 13

v. To 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. 1.To keep up; to support

2. To suffer; to undergo.

Question 15

vital

Answer 15

adj. 1.Necessary for continued life or prosperity.
2. Full of lively spirit.
3. Of the greatest importance.