Tea and the Industrial Revolution

Anthropological

the scientific study of people, their societies, cultures etc.

Wrestle with something

to try to understand or find a solution to a difficult problem.

Enigma

mystery, puzzle...

puzzle

mystery, enigma...

Take off

start out, begin...

drive

run

Urban

city, town, metropolitan...

Labour

workforce, workers, employees...

Criterion

standard, principle...

Sufficient

adequate, enough...

Coal

a hard black mineral which is dug out of the ground and burnt to produce heat

Convinced

persuaded.

Propose

suggest

Ingredient

element, part...

Flourish

thrive, grow...

Succumb

give in, surrender...

Eccentric

unusual, weird, strange...

deduction

reasoning, conclusion, logic...

Scepticism

an attitude of doubting that particular claims or statements are true or that something will happen.

Strengthen

support, reinforce...

Appraisal

assessment, evaluation, judgment, review...

Notable

important, interesting, excellent, or unusual enough to be noticed or mentioned.

Wonder

self=question.

Alight on

to suddenly think of or notice something or someone.

Static

constant, unchanging...

infant

newborn baby.

Mortality

death

Wipe out

destroy, eliminate, remove...

Sanitation

the protection of public health by removing and treating waste, dirty water etc.

Statistics

data, information, figures...

Incidence

frequency, occurrence, rate...

deduce

assume, reason, figure out...

Regulate

control

Preserve

protect.

Malt

grain, usually barley, that has been kept in water for a time and then dried. It is used for making beer, whisky etc..

Prevalence

dominance.

Extraordinary

strange, unusual, surprising...

Coincidence

when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual.

Dipping

plummeting, dropping, reducing...

Purify

clean, get rid of impurities...

Out of contention

no longer having a chance of winning something.

Forge ahead

to make progress, especially quickly.

literacy

the state of being able to read and write.

Abandoned

neglected.