Firebrick Reading Test 1 Passage 5

a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

a flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

recognize the full worth of.

tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.

regard something as being caused by (someone or something).

eat, drink, or ingest

the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction.

the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.

activity that supports or provides active encouragement for the furtherance of a cause, venture, or aim.

a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.

a nondigestible food ingredient that promotes the growth of beneficial microorganisms in the intestines.

undergo fermentation.

grant or bestow

of the stomach.

a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb which together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. It is used as a Welsh national emblem.