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Wordly Wise
Lesson 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accumulate | V. To increase in number or amount, to pile up, or gather |
| Aggravate | V. 1. To make worse 2.To anger or annoy |
| Conserve | V. To save by using careful |
| Contaminate | V. To harm by contact with something undesirable |
| Diminish | V. To make or become smaller or less |
| Drastic | Adj. Severe |
| Extravagant | Adj. Spending, costing, or using more than needed |
| Frugal | Adj. Careful in spending or using |
| Impurity | N. Something that is harmful or dirty |
| Peril | N. Danger |
| Perpetual | Adj. Lasting or seeming forever or a long time |
| Resource | N. 1. A supply that can be used when needed 2. Skill in dealing with difficult situations |
| Substitute | V. To replace one thing or person with another N. Something or someone that replaces another Adj. Acting in place |
| Sustain | v. 1. To keep up; to support 2. To suffer, undergo |
| Vital | adj. 1. Necessary for continued life or prosperity 2. Full of lively spirit 3. Of the greatest importance |