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22 Cards in this Set
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accumulate
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to increase in number or amount
to pile up or collect |
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aggravate
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to make worse
to anger or annoy |
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aggravation
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annoyance
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
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 necessary;
a thing that costs more than one can afford |
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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;
skill in dealing with difficul situations |
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resourceful
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able to deal with difficult problems
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substitute
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to replace one thing or person with another;
something that replaces; acting in place of someone/something |
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sustain
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to keep up; to support
to suffer or undergo |
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vital
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necessary for continued life or prosperity;
full of lively spirit; of the greatest importance |
