Heartland English School – Word of the Day

Theme: Food textures

*Food texture refers to the way food feels in your mouth or when you touch it.

Word: gooey (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˈguːwi/

Meaning: food that is wet and sticky

Example foods: caramel, fudge sauce, soft or melted cheese, marshmallows

Example sentence: He poured the gooey chocolate fudge sauce on his ice cream sundae.

Example sentence: The kids made a mess eating their gooey s’mores.

Theme: Food textures

*Food texture refers to the way food feels in your mouth or when you touch it.

Word: greasy (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˈgriːsi/

Meaning: food that is cooked with or covered in a lot of grease or oil

Example foods: pizza, bacon, french fries, burgers, melted cheese, deep fried foods

Example sentence: This fried chicken is really greasy! It’s making my hands oily.

Example sentence: Too much greasy food is not good for your health.

Theme: Food textures

*Food texture refers to the way food feels in your mouth or when you touch it.

Word: crumbly (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌmbəli/

Meaning: food that is easily broken into small pieces

Example foods: crackers, cookies, some types of cheese, muffins, pastries

Example sentence: That muffin was delicious, but it was very crumbly and it made a big mess.

Example sentence: She added some crumbly feta cheese to her Greek salad.

Theme: Food textures

*Food texture refers to the way food feels in your mouth or when you touch it.

Word: mushy (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃi/

Meaning: food that is soft and wet

Example foods: applesauce, pudding, porridge / oatmeal, refried beans, baby food

Example sentence: After my dental surgery, I had to eat a lot of mushy foods.

Example sentence: Those apples aren’t good anymore, they’re old and mushy.

Theme: Food textures

*Food texture refers to the way food feels in your mouth or when you touch it.

Word: crunchy (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌntʃi/

Meaning: food that has a hard texture and makes a loud sound when chewed or crushed

Example foods: chips, pretzels, cereal, carrots, nuts, toast

Example sentence: Oh, no! I chipped my tooth on that crunchy carrot!

Example sentence: My cereal isn’t crunchy anymore because it sat in milk for too long.

Theme: Phobias

Word: acrophobia (n)

Related words: acrophobic (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˌæk.rəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

Meaning: extreme fear of heights

Example: I’d never go skydiving because I have acrophobia.

Example: We didn’t go up the Eiffel Tower as my wife is quite acrophobic.

Theme: Phobias

Word: homophobia (n)

Related words: homophobe (n), homophobic (adj)

Pronunciation: \ ˌhō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə \

Meaning: a fear or dislike of homosexual people

Example: One goal of pride parades is to end homophobia.

Example: He was hurt by her homophobic comments.

Theme: Phobias

Word: germophobia (n)

Related words: germophobe (n); germophobic (adj)

Pronunciation: /dʒəːməˈfəʊbɪə/

Meaning: extreme fear of germs and obsession with cleanliness

Example: Due to her germophobia, she won’t use public washrooms.

Example: My mom is so germophobic that she cleans the house twice a day.

Theme: Phobias

Word: arachnophobia (n)

Related word: arachnophobic (adj)

Pronunciation:  \ ə-ˌrak-nə-ˈfō-bē-ə \

Meaning: extreme fear of spiders

Example: Her arachnophobia prevents her from being able to sleep with the light off.

Example:  I’m so arachnophobic that I begin to feel uneasy the moment I see a cobweb.

Theme: Phobias

Word: claustrophobia (n)

Related word: claustrophobic (adj)

Pronunciation: /ˌklɑːstrəˈfoʊbijə/

Meaning: extreme fear of being in closed or small places

Example: He refuses to use elevators because of his claustrophobia. 

Example: I got claustrophobic during our cave tour.