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WordlyWise6 - List 9

vocab words and definitions for lesson 9

TermDefinition
accumulate to increase in number or amount; to pile up, collect, or gather
aggravate 1. to make worse 2. to anger or annoy
aggravation 1. annoyance; exasperation 2. a source of annoyance or exasperation
conserve to save by using carefully
conservation the saving or protection of something through careful use
contaminate to harm by contact with something undesirable
contamination the act of or resulting of contaminating
diminish to make or become smaller or less; to reduce
drastic severe; extreme
extravagant spending, costing, or using more than is required
extravagance 1. the quality of being wasteful or spending more than is necessary 2. a thing that costs more than one can afford
frugal careful in spending or using something
impurity something that is harmful or dirty
peril danger; something that is dangerous
imperil to place in danger
perilous dangerous
perpetual lasting or seeming to last forever or for a long time; continuous
resource 1. a supply that can be used when there is a need 2. skill in dealing with difficult situations
resourceful able to deal with difficult problems
substitute v. to replace on ething or person for another n. something or someone that replaces another adj. acting in place of someone or something else
sustain 1. to keep up; to support 2. to duffer' to undergo
vital 1. necessary for continued life or prosperity 2. full of lively spirit 3. of the greatest importance
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