English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

literacy
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levels (people living in poverty are more 
likely to be 
illiterate), sanitation
6
, access to 
education and healthcare. People lacking these basic 
aspects of life are said to be 
deprived
7
. 
1
situation
2
having a place to live that is protected from the weather
3
food that people take into their body
4
suffering from ill health because of poor food (noun = 
malnourishment/malnutrition)
5
ability to read and 
write
6
systems for taking dirty water and waste from homes to ensure good hygiene
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noun = 
deprivation 
[lacking in things considered necessary for a pleasant life]
Other expressions relating to wealth and poverty
Most of the world’s population can be 
classed as poor. 
[categorised]
Only a small minority of people in the world enjoy 
affluence / are affluent. 
[wealth; wealthy]
The 
super-rich are people who are exceptionally rich.
It’s a very poor country – over 60% of the population live 
on or below the breadline. 
[having the level 
of income of an extremely poor person]
When your income is low, it is hard to 
make ends meet. 
[have enough money to buy all you need]
Many people left the 
poverty-stricken countryside to go to the city. 
[affected by poverty]
The charity’s main aim is to improve healthcare in 
impoverished areas of the world. 
[poor, without 
much money to live on]
Everywhere in the city you see 
destitute people living in shop doorways or under bridges. 
[without 
money, food, home or possessions; noun = 
destitution
]
When we were first married, we were