Choose one of the words in the box to complete each of the sentences below.

1. Some people in a middle income bracket claim that they are living in poverty simply because they have fewer material possessions than their neighbours.
2. Millions of people still live below the poverty .
3. Food and are two of the most important human needs.
4. There is a difference between not having a lot of money and being destitute.
5. It is not very meaningful to talk in terms of poverty when you compare people who live in very different contexts.
6. His family were once quite affluent, but in the last few years they have become increasingly .
7. The -rich control much of the world's wealth.