| Word | Part Of Speech | Example |
|---|---|---|
| acceptable | Adjective | It is not acceptable to put your feet on the table. |
| adolescent | Noun, Adjective | The most stressful time of my life is when I was an adolescent. |
| afflict | Verb | Obesity afflicts almost half of all Canadians and Americans. |
| ailment | Noun | The student does not seem to take care of himself. He always seems to be suffering from some kind of ailment. |
| alarming | Adjective | The news of the recent problems is quite alarming. |
| appeal | Noun, Verb | A lot of the appeal of that restaurant is that it is considered cool to eat there. The food isn’t actually that good. |
| beverage | Noun | “Why are there no drinks on this menu?” “Because I have the beverages menu.” |
| cholesterol | Noun | People with high cholesterol are at risk for heart problems. |
| coordination | Noun | The disease affects a person’s coordination. It becomes quite difficult for the person to control their arms and legs properly. |
| cruelty | Noun | Her main passion in life is to stop all cruelty towards animals. |
| daring | Adjective | He chose to accept the daring challenge. |
| decade | Noun | We have been together for just over a decade. |
| diabetes | Noun | Diabetes is one of the diseases common in obese people. |
| dose | Noun | You should only take one dose of this medicine every four hours. |
| emissions | Noun | Transportation emissions are responsible for most of the air pollution in the city. |
| epidemic | Noun, Adjective | Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in North America. |
| essential | Adjective | It is absolutely essential that you get here early for the party tomorrow night. |
| estimate | Noun, Verb | The police estimate that the crime occurred at 10pm. |
| genetically modified | Adjective | Genetically-modified fruit is unnaturally sweeter and larger than normal fruit. |
| harvest | Verb | The farmers harvest their crops at the end of summer. |
| hippie | Noun | He has hippie parents and is therefore quite different than me. |
| ho-hum | Adjective | I didn’t think that movie was very good. It was pretty ho-hum. |
| hook | Verb | I love that kind of coffee. My friend hooked me onto it a year ago. |
| hypocritical | Adjective | He always tells his son never to start smoking even though he smokes himself. He is quite hypocritical. |
| immense | Adjective | My father has had an immense effect on my life. |
| in a row | Phrase | He has missed class three days in a row. |
| indicate | Verb | The warning on the bottle indicates that you shouldn’t drink more than two of these per day. |
| initially | Adverb | Initially, I did not really like my teacher. Now, I really like her. |
| lean | Adjective | You should not eat so much fatty beef. Lean meats like fish and chicken are much better for you. |
| lessen | Verb | By doing good things for the environment in our lives, we can lessen the negative effect we’ve had on it for the past few hundreds of years. |
| liver | Noun | Our livers clean the dirtiness in our bodies. |
| mimic | Verb | The baby tries to mimic her mother’s facial expressions. |
| nutritionist | Noun | A nutritionist can help you figure out how to change your diet so that you can feel better. |
| obesity | Noun | Obesity has become such a big health concern in North America. |
| organic | Adjective | I prefer to eat organic fruits and vegetables. |
| overweight | Adjective | I am tired of being overweight. I am going on a diet tomorrow. |
| portion | Noun | One portion of this food contains 300 calories. |
| potential | Noun, Adjective | That street is so dangerous. The cars are always going so fast. There is a lot of potential for a terrible accident to happen. |
| preventable | Adjective | Obesity is one cause of preventable death. |
| proportions | Noun | This problem is of immense proportions. |
| regulate | Verb | The government has decided to start regulating the price of gasoline. It has become too expensive for most people to buy. |
| report | Noun | I read a report about the dangers of smoking. |
| scale | Noun | The company presented a small-scale version of the building they wish to build. |
| serving | Noun | One serving of this food contains 300 calories. |
| shorten | Verb | Smoking will absolutely shorten a person’s life. |
| side effect | Noun | One of the side effects of that medicine is headaches. |
| subtle | Adjective | There are subtle differences between him and his twin brother. |
| sustainable | Adjective | We are cutting trees faster than we are planting new ones. This is not very sustainable. |
| taste buds | Noun | The coffee was so hot that I burned my taste buds. |
| tend | Verb | It tends to rain a lot in the spring in this city. |
| treat | Noun | I bought us a special treat for after dinner tonight. Chocolate cake! |
| vegan | Noun, Adjective | A vegan cannot eat chocolate as it contains milk. |
| waist | Noun | My waist size is 34 inches. |
| warn | Verb | I warned him not to say anything to her about her new haircut. |
| wipe out | Phrasal Verb | The earthquake wiped out all the electricity in the city. |
| worsen | Verb | His medical condition has worsened since the surgery. |
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