Understanding Vocabulary and Definitions

the act or process of saving

• Borrowing
• Investing
• Preservation

• Depositing

not taking chances; disliking change; not extreme

• adventurous
• radical
• liberal
• conservative

paying careful attention to; noticing

• observant

• indifferent
• unaware
• distracted

to squeeze tightly

• release
• loosen
• drop
• constrict

something that limits

• restriction
• freedom
• advantage
• constraint

something that answers or helps

• solution
• explanation
• response
• answer

something that is certain; something that does

• hypothesis
• theory
• absolute

• opinion

something that saves or helps

• hindrance
• burden
• deliverance

• obstacle

to set free

• restrain
• confine
• liberate
• detain

plentiful or generous

• meager
• limited
• liberal

• scarce