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Hot SAT Words

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.

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Hot SAT Words

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  1. Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

  2. LESSON # 21 • Mmmmmm….. • Delicious! Words Relating to Food and Hunger

  3. ABSTEMIOUS Adj. holding back from eating and drinking too much

  4. 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.

  5. ALIMENTARY Adj. relating to food and nourishment

  6. ALIMENTARY

  7. CULINARY • Adj. having to do with cooking, preparing meals

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

  9. CULINARY • Martha was distressed about how awful the dinner was – a “culinary debacle,” she called it!

  10. DELECTABLE Adj. delicious

  11. 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.

  12. EMACIATED Adj. Very, very thin due to inadequate food

  13. EMACIATED • It’s hard to look at photos of EMACIATED children who are victims of the Sudanese famine. • Anorexia left Laura looking EMACIATED.

  14. EPICUREAN Adj. slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work

  15. EPICUREAN Adj. having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking

  16. 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.

  17. GLUTTON N. One who overindulges in food and drink

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

  19. One of the Seven Deadly Sins…

  20. PALATABLE Adj. Pleasing or tolerable to the taste buds

  21. PALATABLE • The stew tastes awful. To make it more PALATABLE, add salt and garlic. • What do you find more PALATABLE, shrimp or lobster?

  22. RAVENOUS Adj. very hungry

  23. 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.

  24. SAVORY Adj. Tasty or good smelling

  25. SAVORY • Spices can turn a bland dish into a SAVORY one.

  26. VORACIOUS Adj. greedy; gluttonous; ravenous; insatiable

  27. 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.

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