Unit 1 Vocab Set 1 - Consumerism

(a)   , or the perceived need to purchase in excess of one's basic needs, has positive and negative effects.

Some may say that advertisers (a)   unwitting consumers.

Answer explanation

take advantage of

(The same word fits in BOTH blanks. Write that word once.)

As consumerist tendencies _______, the rate at which natural resources were depleted ______ as well.

(a)  

The latest fashion (a)   are always changing.

If someone is obsessed with material collecting goods, then they are very (a)   .

I bought a new phone on sale. It was a (a)   !

Even too much of a good thing can cause trouble.

Anything in (a)   can be a problem.

An (a)   , which aims to persuade you to make a purchase, in any number of places in your day-to-day life.

Textiles, also known as (a)   , are a very common material to use in the creation of clothing and upholstered furniture.