Answers and explanations
- Encourages. Note that the verb has to agree with the subject ‘body’, which is in the singular. The negative prefix is not needed, as endorphins are responsible for making you feel happier. A ‘high’ mentioned here is a sensation of elevated positive feeling.
- Pungency. If something is pungent, it has a distinctive and pronounced smell (or, like in this case, taste). We are looking for a noun derived from this adjective.
- Quantify. When you try to quantify something, it means you want to express something in numbers. Usually this is done with the purpose of accurately comparing it with something else. Note that some things are impossible to quantify – such as happiness and success. The Scoville scale allows one to quantify something that seems impossible to – spiciness.
- Reference. A reference point is a particular level that you can use for comparison. For instance, an average salary is a good reference point to know whether you earn more or less than most people in your sphere.
- Negate. Negating something means removing its effects completely.
- Sensation. A noun. A sensation is not necessarily a shocking piece of news in the media!
- Acidic. Once we understand that we need an adjective, it all comes down to picking the right adjective-forming suffix. In this particular case it is one of the more exotic ones.
- Handy. To come in handy means to become useful, especially in a particular situation. For instance, even though we use debit cards extensively, having some cash on you can come in handy if you find yourself in a shop that doesn’t accept these cards.
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