Activity 6: Understanding Key Vocabulary

The following vocabulary words are important to the understanding of the Berry essay. If you are puzzled by the vocabulary words when you encounter them in the text, you can return to your vocabulary template for the definitions.

If you know the word, check the sentence from the essay; then write the definition in your own words, and check the box “know it well.” If you don’t know it or are not sure of the meaning, look up the word, check the sentence to make sure you have the correct definition, and then write it down, and check the appropriate box.

Word and
Paragraph / Definition / Know it well / Have heard of it / Don’t know it /
rural (1)
proposition (3)
agricultural (3)
consumers (3)
passive (3)
persuaded (3)
processed food (3)
precooked (3)
urban shoppers (4)
obstacles (4)
abstract (4)
specialization (5)
consumption (5)
patrons (5)
industrial food consumer (5)
industrial eater (6)
uncritical (6)
cultural amnesia (6)
implies (6)
a pig in a poke (6)*
food politics (8)
food esthetics (8)
food ethics (8)
perfunctory (8)
obliviousness (9)
edibles (9)
monocultures (10)
confinement (10)
volume (11)
scale (11)
relentlessly (11)
species (12)
diverse (13
estranged (13)
horticulture (13)
comely arts (13)
industrial farm (14)
concentration camp (14)
extensive (15)
intact (17)

*This will probably not be in the dictionary. Do a Google search for this reference.

As you read the Berry article, you may want to highlight these words in the text.