| A | B |
|---|
| Austerity | Sternness or severity of manner or attitude. |
| Consumption | An amount of something which is used up or ingested. |
| Compensate | To give something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense. |
| Superfluity | An overabundance or excess. |
| Intangible | Something that is hard to describe because it cannot be perceived by the senses. |
| Exhort | To make an urgent appeal to people. |
| "Buyosphere" | A term the author uses to describe all the places that modern consumers buy things. |
| Apathy | Indifference or the lack of interest or concern. |
| Modernity | The quality or condition of being modern. |
| Prosperity | The state of being wealthy. |
