hot sat words lessons 21-30. lesson # 21 mmmmmm….. delicious! words relating to food and hunger
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Hot SAT Words
Lessons
21-30
LESSON # 21Mmmmmm…..Delicious!
Words Relating to Food and Hunger
ABSTEMIOUS
Adj. 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.
ALIMENTARY
Adj. 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.
SAVORY
Adj. Tasty or good smelling
SAVORYSpices can turn a bland dish into a SAVORY one.
VORACIOUS
Adj. 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.