Chapter 3 - Texts

Alla Inga Spara

• A broad word for a living being Creature
• In a human or organic way Creaturely
• A report or description of an event or experience, and or regarded in a special way Account
• The learning and understanding about nutrition Nutritional science
• Not necessary Needless
• The study or science of the dietary requirements of humans and animals Nutritional science
• Increase rapidly in number; multiply Proliferate
• Pay attention to; take notice of Heed
• A passage between rows of seats in a building Aisle
• The place where you live Reside
• Discharge Passing
• Knowledge or experience of something Acquaintance with
• Live bacteria and yeasts that are good for you Probiotics
• A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method Pseudoscience
• Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand Straightforward
• To begin (a journey) or career Embark on
• Not clear or decided, not having one obvious meaning Ambiguous
• Research further Delve into
• A dense group of bushes or trees Thicket
• An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting Skirmish
• Continuing with great force or intensity, tremendous Raging
• A thing added to something else in order to complete or enhance it Supplement
• Relating to the assistance of those, apt to judge others leniently or favourably in need Charitability
• The nervous cells of the brain Neuron
• To be addicted to To be hooked on
• The fat typically found on teenagers Puppy fat
• Feeling undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions Self-conscious
• Having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened Discouraged
• The form, size, and development of a person's body Physique
• A person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack Target
• The most active, committed, or strict members of a group or movement Hard-core
• Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form, symbolize Depict
• Swelling outwards; protruding Bulging
• Having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth Booming
• Just; only Merely
• A well recognized question that is being ignored Elephant in the room
• Needed for survival Essential
• Any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products Tissue
• A pair of organs found in the body that remove waste and excess water from the blood Kidney
• Separate and expel as waste Excrete
• An amount of something that is more than necessary Excess
• Not controlled or supervised by regulations or laws Unregulated
• A condition that negatively affect your thinking, feeling, mood, and behavior Mental disorder
• When the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off Stroke
• try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something, a strong desire or impulse Urge
• Someone addicted to going to the gym Gym junkie
• Highly regarded, having a high reputation Reputable
• A search for something Quest
• A person who receives or entertains other people as guests, an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives Host
• Appear as a vague form, especially one that is large or threatening Loom
• Pick up Scoop up
• A substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body Stimulant
• A drug or other substance which acts to suppress or restrain something Suppressant
• The organ of which holds your urine Bladder
• A substance that increases the burning of fat cells Ketone
• To make much of, promote Tout
• Very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way Toxic
• Of very great extent or quantity; immense Vast
• An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing Array
• Deadly Fatal
• Covering or affecting a large area Extensive
• Enduring or able to endure over a long period of time Lasting
• Providing satisfaction; gratifying Rewarding
• Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level Sustainable
• Well known, especially so as to be stereotypical Proverbial
• A sticky piec eof gauze used to cover small wounds Band-aid
• A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause Melancholy
• Tattered and torn In rags
• Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something Importune
• Money or food given to poor people Alms
• Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment Sustenance
• A very young child or baby Infant
• Responsible by law; legally answerable or likely to do or to be something Be liable to
• Confident, convinced Assured
• A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend Acquaintance
• A dish of stewed or fried pieces of meat served in a thick white sauce Fricassee
• A highly seasoned dish of small pieces of meat stewed with vegetables Ragout
• Careful thought, typically over a period of time Consideration
• Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount) Compute
• Of what or which Whereof
• Beef cattle of any color Black cattle
• Fierce, violent, and uncontrolled Savage
• Enough Sufficient
• For sale In the sale
• Cause to be or become; make Render
• Having a full rounded shape Plump
• Situated or placed in front Fore
• Situated or placed behind Hind
• To think or believe, consider Reckon
• 365 days Solar year
• Agree to give or allow Grant
• Of the required or correct type or form; suitable or appropriate Proper
• Someone owning land or who rents out land, a building, or accommodation Landlord
• Consume Devour
• Present to a notable degree, obvious Eminent
• Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful or producing large amounts Prolific
• The period preceding Easter, which is devoted to fasting Lent
• Bitterly disappointed or upset Be gutted
• Having to do with popery Popish
• Additional but subordinate; secondary Collateral
• Reduce Lessen
• A or relating to or associated with the Roman Catholic Church Papist
• Cost Charge
• A person living in a cottage Cottager
• Worker Laborer
• Per year Per annum
• Feel or express discontent; complain Repine
• The dead body of an animal Carcass
• Providing nutrition Nutritive
• Archaic form of "has" Hath
• A man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area Squire
• A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord Tenant

Alla Inga Spara