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Wordly Wise 5 L17

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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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