Food & meals
Describing food
Prefixes
Other
Gateway to exams
100

sweet food eaten at the end of a meal

dessert

100

to be cooked or washed in boiling water

boiled

100

to work together with somebody else in order to achieve something

cooperate

100

to produce or design something that has not existed before

invent

100

outside, rather than in a building

outdoors

200

the largest part of the meal

the main course

200

kept at a very low temperature in order to preserve it

frozen

200

to fail to get somebody's words /something correctly

misunderstand

200

to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something

prepare for

200

 to put forward an idea or a plan for other people to think about

suggest

300

a plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad

lettuce

300

not cooked, not yet changed

raw

300

prepared and partly cooked in advance so that it can be quickly heated and eaten later

precooked

300

to spend carelessly

waste

300

 affecting all parts of the world 

 worldwide

400

a small meal or amount of food, usually eaten in a hurry

snack

400

cooked food, especially meat, without liquid in an oven or over a fire

roast

400

to do something again or in a different way

redo

400

extremely important in a particular situation or for a particular activity

essential

400

To go into or through something

penetrate

500

the yellow seeds of a type of maize plant which grows on thick stems and are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

sweetcorn

500

no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat

stale

500

to think or guess that the amount, cost or size of something is smaller than it really is

underestimate

500

the act of providing people with somebody to interest them or make them laugh: films, music, etc.

entertainment

500

the science of changing how a living creature or plant develops by changing the information in its genes

genetic engineering