Hot SAT WordsLessons

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LESSON # 21Mmmmmm…..Delicious!

Words Relating to Food and Hunger

ABSTEMIOUSAdj. holding back from eating and drinking too much

ABSTEMIOUS With a buffet dinner that includes an Italian

hero and pepperoni pizza, it’s hard to be ABSTEMIOUS.

Grandpa eats like a bird. Mother fears that his ABSTEMIOUS nature may not be good for him.

ALIMENTARYAdj. relating to food and

nourishment

ALIMENTARY

CULINARYAdj. having to do with cooking, preparing meals

Our chef went to the CULINARY Institute to learn about food preparation.

CULINARYMartha was distressed

about how awful the dinner was – a “culinary debacle,” she called it!

DELECTABLEAdj. delicious

DELECTABLEThe aroma of fresh baked bread

and other DELECTABLE, mouth-watering foods wafted through the house.

For Gary, nothing’s more DELECTABLE than mac ‘n cheese.

EMACIATEDAdj. Very, very thin due to inadequate food

EMACIATEDIt’s hard to look at photos of

EMACIATED children who are victims of the Sudanese famine.

Anorexia left Laura looking EMACIATED.

EPICUREANAdj. slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work

EPICUREANAdj. having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking

EPICUREANAt the reception, the table was piled

high with EPICUREAN delights. As a dyed-in-the-wool EPICURE,

Clyde eats at only the very best restaurants.

GLUTTONN. One who overindulges in food and drink

GLUTTONRachel was such a GLUTTON, she ate huge meals even when she wasn’t hungry.

One of the Seven Deadly Sins…

PALATABLEAdj. Pleasing or tolerable to the taste buds

PALATABLEThe stew tastes awful. To make

it more PALATABLE, add salt and garlic.

What do you find more PALATABLE, shrimp or lobster?

RAVENOUSAdj. very hungry

RAVENOUSA day spent outdoors makes me

RAVENOUS enough to eat a hippopotamus.

Caviar is gourmet food, but I’d have to be really RAVENOUS in order to swallow fish eggs.

SAVORYAdj. Tasty or good smelling

SAVORYSpices can turn a bland dish into a SAVORY one.

VORACIOUSAdj. greedy; gluttonous; ravenous; insatiable

VORACIOUS Tucker is a VORACIOUS eater. Every day he

polishes off a half-dozen hamburgers, a pound of potato salad, and a giant bowl of chocolate mousse.

Sally reads mysteries VORACIOUSLY. No sooner does she finish one than she starts reading another.