Vocabulary

1. The analysis of the research shows that money doesn’t make people happier.

2. Sudden wealth is associated with stress. Many people who become rich quickly experience a
lot of stress.

3. I have been working too much lately. I’m afraid I’m going to burn out.

4. The researchers are going to conduct a study on money and happiness. The study will
involve fifty people.

5. Mia likes a job with independence. She doesn’t like someone telling her what to do.

6. Researchers used the results of their study to demonstrate that more money does not make
people happier.

7. One outcome of sudden wealth is a change in relationships. Others include stress and
loneliness.

8. The salesman was very persuasive. I bought the first car he showed me!

9. I’m somewhat unhappy at work, but not so much that I plan to quit my job.

10. I was wholly to blame for the argument. You did nothing wrong.

a. (n.) the state of being free and not controlled by another person

b. (adv.) completely; fully

c. (v.) to show clearly that something exists or is true; to prove something

d. (n.) the careful examination of something

e. (phr. v.) to become very tired through overwork

f. (v.) to do, carry out, or organize something

g. (adj. + prep.) connected to;

h. (n.) a result or effect of an action or event

i. (adj.) able to make someone do or believe something

j. (adv.) a little