Worldly Wise #9 Flashcards

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Aggravate

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  1. To make worse

2. To anger or annoy

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Accumulate

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

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Aggravation

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  1. Annoyance; exasperation

2. A source of annoyance or exasperation

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Conserve

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To save by using carefully

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Conservation

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The saving or protection of something through careful use

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Contaminate

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To harm by contact with something undesirable

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Contamination

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The act of or result of contaminating

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Diminish

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To make or become smaller or less; to reduce

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Drastic

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Severe; extreme

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Extravagant

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Spending, costing, or using more than is required.

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Extravagance

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

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Frugal

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Careful in spending or using something.

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Impurity

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Something that is harmful or dirty

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Peril

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Danger; something that is dangerous

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Imperil

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To place in danger

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Perilous

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Dangerous

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Perpetual

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Lasting or seeming to last forever or for a long time; continuous

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Resource

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A supply that can be used when there is a need.

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Resourceful

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Able to deal with difficult problems

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Substitute

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  1. To replace one thing or person for another
  2. Something or someone that replaces another
  3. Acting in place of something or someone else
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Substain

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  1. To keep up; to support.

2. To suffer; to undergo.

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Vital

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  1. Necessary for continued life or prosperity2
  2. Full of lively spirit
  3. Of the greatest importance