Vocabulary Quiz – Lesson 2

After my wife and I had a baby, we made an effort to cut extra expenses and _____________.

Every Monday, the church serves a free lunch for ________ families.

I borrowed a lot of money to remodel my house, and now I’m $100,000 in _________.

I admire the generosity of successful businesspeople who give a large portion of their income to ________.

After the millionaire’s death, his ex-wife fought with his children over his _________.

I come from a poor family; when I was a teenager, I had to work in order to help __________.

I had to take $2000 from my ________ in order to pay for some long-overdue dental treatment.

Brian used the money he _________ from his great-uncle to start a business.

My grandfather receives a monthly ________, but it’s not enough to pay for his medications.

Sally’s parents are quite ________ – they paid for her to get a graduate degree in another country.

Some people are addicted to _________ – they waste all their money in casinos.

Some people argue that ________ programs encourage poor people to become dependent on the government.

When I first started out in my career, the salary was so low that I was just _________.

You’ll have to pay penalties if you don’t file your _________ by the deadline.

We were sick of living paycheck-to-paycheck, so we made a _________ to help us control our spending.