Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30
LESSON # 21 Mmmmmm….. 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
CULINARY Adj. having to do with cooking, preparing meals
Our chef went to the CULINARY Institute to learn about food preparation.
CULINARY Martha was distressed about how awful the dinner was – a “culinary debacle,” she called it!
DELECTABLE Adj. delicious
DELECTABLE The 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.
EMACIATED Adj. Very, very thin due to inadequate food
EMACIATED It’s hard to look at photos of EMACIATED children who are victims of the Sudanese famine. Anorexia left Laura looking EMACIATED.
EPICUREAN Adj. slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work
EPICUREAN Adj. having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking
EPICUREAN At 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.
GLUTTON N. One who overindulges in food and drink
GLUTTON Rachel was such a GLUTTON, she ate huge meals even when she wasn’t hungry.
One of the Seven Deadly Sins…
PALATABLE Adj. Pleasing or tolerable to the taste buds
PALATABLE The stew tastes awful. To make it more PALATABLE, add salt and garlic. What do you find more PALATABLE, shrimp or lobster?
RAVENOUS Adj. very hungry
RAVENOUS A 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
SAVORY Spices 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.