Poverty english

• Cognitive decline


  The condition of having memory loss, reduced or slower thinking, or other impairment in mental capabilities due to aging
• Imbue


  To soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind with a feeling or idea
• Ancestor veneration


  Worship and great respect of the dead or forbear reverence
• Inflammatory response


  Nonspecific defense against infection, characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain
• Cardiovascular disease


  A general term for all illnesses of the heart and blood vessels
• Cross-cultural distillation


  Dividing individuals from different cultural backgrounds and separating them
• Debunk a myth


  To show that an idea or belief is false
• Dissipation of the effect of evolution


  Wasting the impact of evolution, especially a reduction in the rate of change in the organism or changes in adaptations
• Evolutionary impact


  Influence that adaptations resulting from natural selection have on individuals or communities
• Fertility


  The quality of being capable of reproduction, ability of creating something new e.g. giving birth, being productive, growing plants
• Social equity


  Impartiality, fairness and justice for all people expressed in social policies
• Adage


  A proverb, wise saying
• Downshifting


  Taking a step back and simplifying your lifestyle that is packed with pressure and stress, aimed at trying to keep up and replacing it with a slower but more rewarding one
• Breadline


  Line of people waiting for food handouts from charities or public agencies 2. The level of income people have when they are extremely poor
• Crop surplus


  An extra supply of food coming from agriculture, a situation in which farmers get more supplies from their fields than they have predicted
• Marginalize


  Treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral
• Peripheral


  Relating to or situated on the edge or located outside of something or not important 2. Located at the edge of your vision
• Microcredit


  Very small loans to small groups of individuals, to stimulate economic development and enable them to cover basic costs
• Relative poverty


  The state of being poor defined in relation to the living standard of the majority in a given society, measured against what the average in that society can afford
• Welfare


  The health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community or financial help, often given by a government
• Welfare state


  A system whereby the state protects citizens' health and well-being, particularly those in financial or social need, through grants, pensions, and other benefits
• Destitution


  State of being extremely poor, in extreme want
• Affluence


  Abundance; wealth
• Monsoon


  Seasonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, its coming usually marks the beginning of the rainy season
• Absolute poverty


  A lack of resources that is life-threatening
• Famine


  An extreme shortage of food which is a result of a war or some natural disaster in an area
• Afflict


  To cause pain or suffering, distress
• Ample


  More than enough, abundant
• Food security


  People's ability to access sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life
• Government policy


  The central ideas or principles that guide government in its work, including the kind of laws it passes
• Eradicate


  To root out, get rid of, destroy completely
• Corruption


  Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
• Conduct


  The manner in which a person behaves or an organization or activity is managed or directed
• Blue Zone


  A concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives
• Work-life balance


  Balancing career demands with personal and family needs
• Life expectancy


  The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions
• Longevity


  Long life
• Octogenarians, nonagenarians, etc.

  People in their eighties, nineties, etc.
• Sufficiency


  An ample or adequate supply
• Plenty


  A full supply or more than enough