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Wordly Wise 5 L17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| afflict | v. to bring or cause pain and suffereing |
| affliction | n. a condition of pain, suffering or trouble |
| barren | adj. not fruitful; not reproducing |
| consist | v. to be made up; contain |
| drought | n, .a long period without rain |
| erode | v. to wear away bit by bit; to wear away by action of wind, water and ice |
| erosion | n. the process or state of eroding |
| expand | v. to make or become larger |
| expand | v. to give further details of |
| expansion | n. the act, process or result of enlarging |
| famine | n. a widespread and long-lasting shortage of food that may cause starvation |
| fertile | adj. able to produce good crops |
| fertile | adj. able to produce offsprint |
| fertile | adj. able to produce ideas; inventive |
| oasis | n. a place wehre there is water in an otherwise dry area |
| pasture | n. a field of growing fras where animals can eat; a meadow |
| pasture | v. to put animals out in a field to eat grass |
| primitive | adj. from earliest times; ancient |
| primitive | adj. simple or crude |
| refuge | n. shelter or protection from harm |
| refuge | n. a place of safety |
| refugee | n. a person forced to leave her or his home or country seeking protection from danger |
| revert | v. to go back to an earlier condition, often one that is not satisfactory |
| teem | v. to be filled, to occur in large numbers |
| wither | v. to become dried out; to lose freshness |
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