Estefanía Rmz.

Dinorín 3ºG

VOCABULARY: Discussing global food issues

CONSUMPTION

The amount used or eaten (Noun)

Synonyms:
● Consuming
● Drinking
● Devastation
Antonyms:
● Development
● Fasting
● Expansion

SUPPLY

An amount of something that is available for use.

Synonyms:
● Amount
● Number
● Accumulation
Antonyms:
● Debt
● Lack
● Need

GRAINS

A seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant

like a grass such as rice or wheat (Noun)

CEREALS

A plant that is grown to produce grain (Noun)

LIVESTOCK

Animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as

cows, sheep, or chickens (Noun)
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CATTLE

A group of animals that includes cows, buffalo, and

bison, that are often kept for their milk or meat
(Noun)

SHORTAGES

A lack of something needed, a situation in which

there is less of something than people want or
need.

Synonyms:
● Poverty
● Dearth
● Scarcity
Antonyms:
● Abundance
● Enough
● Excess

APPETITE

The feeling that you want to eat food.

Synonyms:
● Lust
● Urge
● Voracity
Antonyms:
● Apathy
● Indifference
● Disgust

FOODSTUFFS

Any substance that is used as food or to make

food.

Synonyms:
● Comestible
● Staples
● Edibles
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WHOLESOME

Good for you, and likely to improve your life either

physically, morally, or emotionally.

Synonyms:
● Healthful
● Fit
● Beneficial
Antonyms:
● Bad
● Unhealthy
● Unwholesome

NUTRITIOUS

Containing many of the substances needed for life

and growth.

Synonyms:
● Nutrimental
● Balanced
● Beneficial
Antonyms:
● Insubstantial
● Unhealthy
● Unwholesome

FIBER

The part of foods eaten that is not digested but that

passes through the body and is excreted as waste.
Can also refer to thin, strong structures that
connect the body.

SUPERFOOD

A food that is considered to be very good for your

health.