Wordly Wise Lesson 9

To increase in number or amount; to pile up, collect, or gather

• aggravate

• conserve

• contaminate

• accumulate

1. to make worse; source of annoyance or exasperation

• aggravate

• conserve

• contaminate

• accumulate

to save by using carefully

• aggravate

• conserve

• contaminate

• accumulate

to harm by contact with something undesirable

• aggravate

• conserve

• contaminate

• accumulate

To make or become smaller or less; to reduce

• diminish

• drastic

• extravagant

• frugal

Severe; extreme

• diminish

• drastic

• extravagant

• frugal

Spending, costing, or using more than is required

• diminish

• drastic

• extravagant

• frugal

careful in spending or using something

• diminish

• drastic

• extravagant

• frugal

something that is harmful or dirty

• impurity

• peril

• perpetual

• resource

danger; something that is dangerous

• impurity

• peril

• perpetual

• resource