Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• skipping meals: The act of not eating meals regularly.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• weed: (Childish use) to urinate; go to the bathroom
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• pal: Friend
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• nephew: Son of your brother or sister
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state