Unit 8: The End of Poverty

Affordable

(Adjective) being able to pay for (something)

Concerted

(Adjective) done in a planned and deliberate way usually by several or many people

Available

(Adjective) easy or possible to get or use

Affluent

(Adjective) having a large amount of money and owning many expensive things

Restricted

(Adjective) having a set limit

Feasible

(Adjective) possible to do

Fanciful

(Adjective) showing imagination : unusual and appealing

Inevitable

(Adjective) something that is sure to happen

Dramatic

(Adjective) sudden and extreme

Impoverished

(Adjective) to be made poor

Makeshift

(Adjective) used as a usually rough and temporary replacement for something

Paying through the nose

(Idiom) pay an excessive amount for something,

Slump

(Noun) : a sudden decrease in prices, value, amount, etc. (Verb) to sit or fall down suddenly and heavily

Eradication

(Noun) removed (something) completely; eliminated or destroyed (something harmful)

Spur

(Noun) something that makes you want to do something or that causes something to happen (Verb) to encourage (someone) to do or achieve something

Prospect

(Noun) the possibility that something will happen in the future

Malnutrition

(Noun) the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food : poor nutrition

Zero in on

(Phrasal Verb) direct or focus attention on

Make ends meet

(Phrasal Verb) to pay for the things that you need to live when you have little money

Put up

(Phrasal Verb) to provide (money, property, etc.) in order to pay for something

Waned

(Verb) to appear to become thinner or less full

Undertaken

(Verb) to begin or attempt (something)

Inhibit

(Verb) to keep (someone) from doing what he or she wants to do