instance of becoming smaller or fewer. To reduce the size, amount or number of something.

first or earliest. earliest form of something.

greater liking for one alternative over another. Somethings that are liked/wanted more than another.

achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

action of making something clean. To make neat and orderly e.g. a room.

Doing your job. action of doing work. To bring into a specific state of success.

characterized by or expressive of desire to know something. To feel curious about something.

outside. without it being case that. in absence of.

Getting paid for playing a sport/doing an activity. One who plays a sport or similar activity as a job.

parts left over after other parts. Bodies of human or animals after it has died. To stay in a place when other people have gone.

place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where event takes place. Options on a device that can be changed e.g. sound.

make something simpler or easier to do or understand.

Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry.

acting in calculating, deceitful way. To think of a plan.