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afflict |
v. To bring or cause pain and suffering. The patient has been afflicted with swollen feet for several months. |
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barren |
adj. Not fruitful; not reproducing. When the topsoil is washed away, the land is barren. |
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consist |
v. To be made up; to contain. The wedding banquet will consist of six courses. |
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drought |
n. A long period without rain. The poor harvest was due to the drought. |
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erode |
v. To wear away bit by bit; to wear away by action of wind, water, or ice. Heavy seas from yesterday's storm have eroded parts of the cliff. |
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expand |
v. 1. To make or become larger. You can expand your chest by taking a deep breath. 2. To give further details of. He asked me to expand on some of the information in my report. |
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famine |
n. A widespread and long-lasting shortage of food that may cause starvation. The famine in Somalia was the result of several poor harvests in a row. |
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fertile |
adj. 1. Able to produce good crops. We grow large tomatoes in the fertile soil. 2. Able to produce offspring. A female cat is fertile at six months. 3. Able to produce ideas; inventive. Many ideas sprang from Edison's fertile brain. |
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oasis |
n. A place where there is water in an otherwise dry area. Travelers across the Sahara try to reach the next oasis before nightfall. |
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pasture |
n. A field of growing grass where animals can eat; a meadow. We put the sheep in a different pasture to give the grass in this one a chance to grow back. v. To put animals out in a field to eat grass. We pasture our horses on a neighbor's land. |
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primitive |
adj. 1. From earliest times; ancient. The primitive cave drawings are over fifteen thousand years old. 2. Simple or crude. They replaced the primitive shed behind the house with a modern garage. |
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refuge |
n. 1. Shelter or protection from harm. The hikers found refuge in a nearby cave. 2. A place of safety. During the hurricane, families living in beach houses found refuge in the high school gym. |
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revert |
v. To go back to an earlier condition, often one that is not as satisfactory. During the week that the electric power lines were being repaired, we reverted to eating our meals by candlelight and lantern. |
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teem |
v. To be filled; to occur in large numbers. The Columbia River once teemed with salmon. |
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wither |
v. To become dried out; to lose freshness. The crops will wither unless we have rain soon. |
