Vocabulary

Intangible

adj.
= difficult to uderstand,
   unable to be touched

 the moonlight made things seem intangible

Impoverish
verb
= make someone poor
 the wars had impoverished him

adj.
 an impoverished language

Privileged

adj.
= having special rights
 in the 19th century only a privileged few had the vote

Awareness

noun
= knowledge of a situation
 we need to raise public awareness of the issue

Mean

verb
 they were meant for each other

adj.
= offensive
 He gets mean when he doesn't get his way

= average
 suburban kids are uniquely mean

Diet

 = a limitation on the amount a person eats for losing weight 
 no pie for me, I'm on a diet

= lower in fat, sugar, calories, etc. than the regular product
 an example of diet is soda with zero calories

Disease

= illness, sickness
 my friend has a heart disease