Vocabulary

• full day: A complete day, from morning to night.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• due to: Because of; owing to
• only time will tell: The result or truth will be known in the future.
• time will tell: The future will reveal the answer or outcome.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• versatile: Having many uses or skills
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• ubiquitous: Found everywhere; found in many places
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• edible: Being safe to eat
• agriculture: The science of farming
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• previously: At an earlier time
• vary: To change something and make it different
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• maze: Network of paths you have to make your way through
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• domesticate: To train an animal as a pet or to do work; tame
• fibrous: Containing, having or resembling threads
• maize: Corn; a yellow cereal
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• package: Box or container items are placed in for mailing
• husk: Dry, thin layer covering some fruit and vegetables
• farm: Land used for growing crops or raising animals
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• nitrate: Salt or ester of nitric acid
• tenth: 10th
• cornstarch: Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener