Vocabulary

• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• curb: Anything that restrains or controls
• worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• important: Having power or authority
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• public: Owned by the government
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• propose: To make an offer of marriage
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• weight: How heavy something is
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• sucrose: Complex carbohydrate used as a sweetener
• duke: Title given to a man below the rank of prince
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink