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[DET Vocabulary #8] Health & Wellness — 100 Essential Words for a 120+ Score

DET Prep Navigation Hub Browse all DET prep posts by skill — Listening, Reading, Vocabulary & more DET Vocabulary #8: Health & Wellness — 100 Essential Words for a 120+ Score Hi everyone, Teacher Sam here. 😊 If you've been prepping for the DET for a while, you've probably noticed something: health topics show up everywhere. Speaking Sample, Writing Sample, even Interactive Writing — the test keeps circling back to the same territory. And most test-takers answer it with the same ten words they learned in high school. That's usually where the score stalls. Here are the kinds of prompts you can expect on this topic: Which is more important for staying healthy: exercise or diet? Why do mental health issues seem to be increasing among young people today? Should governments invest more in preventive care or in treating illness after it happens? Can public healthcare systems ever fully replace personal responsibility for on...