Vocabulary

• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• baby up: To treat someone with extra care or protectiveness like a baby.
• set by: To separate and save for another use or time
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• require: To demand that someone does something
• nutrient: A chemical living things needs to be healthy
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• palate: Roof of the mouth
• porridge: Dish made of oatmeal, usually eaten at breakfast
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• daily: Happening every day
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• complementary: Working well together; completing something
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• anemia: Condition of not having enough red blood cells
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• can: Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
• add: To include as well
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• lax: Not careful about your work or attitudes; sloppy
• boggle: (Eyes) to protrude or come out due to surprise