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Wordly Wise 3000® Level 6, Lesson 9

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  • accumulate
    (v) To increase in number or amount; to pile up, collect, or gather.
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  • aggravate
    (v) 1. To make worse.2. To anger or annoy.
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  • conserve
    (v) To save by using carefully.
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  • contaminate
    (v) To harm by contact with something undesirable.
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  • diminish
    (v) To make or become smaller or less; to reduce.
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  • drastic
    (adj) Severe; extreme.
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  • extravagant
    (adj) Spending, costing, or using more than is required.
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  • frugal
    (adj) Careful in spending or using something.
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  • impurity
    (n) Something that is harmful or dirty.
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  • peril
    (n) Danger; something that is dangerous.
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  • perpetual
    (adj) Lasting or seeming to last forever or for a long time; continuous.
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  • resource
    (n) 1. A supply that can be used when there is a need.2. Skill in dealing with difficult situations.
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  • substitute
    (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.
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  • sustain
    (v) 1. To keep up; to support.2. To suffer; to undergo.
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  • vital
    (adj) 1. Necessary for continued life or prosperity.2. Full of lively spirit.3. Of the greatest importance.
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