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Amer. Cultural Roots
Academic Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arid | very dry; having little rain or water |
| cultivate | to grow and care for plants |
| deplete | to reduce the amount of something or make it worse |
| nomads | people who move from place to place |
| commerce | having to do with the buying and selling of goods and services |
| confiscate | to take away something as punishment |
| intervene | to influence an event |
| supplant | to take the place of someone or something |
| adhere | to follow rules closely or stick firmly to a belief |
| subsist | to do enough to just barely survive |
| alluring | having a mysterious, charming, or exciting quality |
| heretic | someone who disagrees with an accepted religious belief |
| incentive | a reward that encourages people to do something or to work harder |
| massacre | to kill a lot of people in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves |