Word List |
Vocabulary
| Absorb Verb | Sponges absorb many liquids |
| take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action | |
| Administration Noun | A pharmacist is responsible for the administration of medicines |
| the action of dispensing, giving, or applying something | |
| Advice Noun | Peter needed advice on which shirt to wear |
| guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent action | |
| Beans Plural noun | Beans on toast is very simple to make |
| an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants | |
| Bone Noun | He broke a bone when he fell over |
| any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates | |
| Calcium Noun | Jane was prescribed calcium to help her bones |
| calcium salts are an essential constituent of bone, teeth, and shells | |
| Calorie Noun | The calorie count is higher in fattier foods |
| a measurement of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C | |
| Diet Noun | A balaced diet is advised for healthy living |
| the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats | |
| Efficient Adjective | She had an efficient way of sorting the documents |
| working in a well-organized and competent way | |
| Emphasise Verb | The writer used an exclamation mark to emphasise the character's shock |
| give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing | |
| Formal Adjective | You must be formal when you speak to the manager |
| having a conventionally recognized form, structure, or set of rules | |
| Fruit Noun | Fruit is a very healthy snack |
| the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food | |
| Health Noun | The doctor said Brian was in good health |
| a person's mental or physical condition | |
| Immune Adjective | After her injection, Jane was immune to the flu |
| resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
| Leaflet Noun | They were given a leaflet about the upcoming sports centre |
| a printed sheet of paper containing information or advertising and usually distributed free | |
| Magnesium Noun | The research team were testing for magneisum |
| the chemical element of atomic number 12 | |
| Nut Noun | Peter couldn't eat the cake as it had nut in it |
| a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel | |
| Nutrient Noun | A nutrient rich diet is a good way to stay healthy |
| a substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth | |
| Nutrition Noun | The doctor made sure Jane's nutrition was good |
| the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth | |
| Supplement Noun | The supplement he was given will improve his diet |
| a substance taken to remedy the deficiencies in a person's diet | |
| System Noun | The system worked well with the new employees |
| a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole | |
| Vegetable Noun | A potato is a vegetable with a variety ofways to cook it |
| a plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean | |
| Vitamin Noun | We get vitamin D from the sun |
| any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body | |
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