Collection 5: Always Wanting More

As you read Thomas Hine's "Always Wanting More," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 7's Collection 5: Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century, Always Wanting More, poems about consumer society, Earth (A Gift Shop)
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  1. surfeit
    the state of being more than full
  2. superfluity
    extreme excess
  3. compensate
    make up for shortcomings by exaggerating good qualities
  4. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  5. intangible
    assets that are saleable though not material or physical
  6. multitude
    the common people generally
  7. Adam Smith
    Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
  8. attain
    gain with effort
  9. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  10. resource
    a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
  11. sustain
    supply with necessities and support
  12. biosphere
    the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  13. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  14. plenitude
    a full supply
  15. acquire
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Created on Wed Jul 16 10:43:05 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:27:05 EDT 2014)

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