Wordly Wise Book 5 Lesson 17

Question 0

N. A condition of pain, suffering or trouble

Answer 0

Affliction

Question 1

V. To bring or cause pain and suffering

Answer 1

Afflict

Question 2

Adj. not fruitful; not responding

Answer 2

Barren

Question 3

V. To be made up; to contain

Answer 3

Consist

Question 4

N. A long period without rain.

Answer 4

Drought

Question 5

V. To wear away bit by bit; to wear away by action of wind, water, or ice.

Answer 5

Erode

Question 6

N. The process or state of eroding

Answer 6

Erosion

Question 7

V. To make or become larger

To give further details of

Answer 7

Expand

Question 8

N. The act, process, or result of enlarging

Answer 8

Expansion

Question 9

N. A widespread and long-lasting shortage of food that may cause starvation

Answer 9

Famine

Question 10

Adj. able to produce good crops

Able to produce offspring

Able to produce ideas; intervene

Answer 10

Fertile

Question 11

N. A place where there is water in an otherwise dry area

Answer 11

Oasis

Plural is oases

Question 12

N. A field of growing grass where animals can eat; a meadow

Answer 12

Pasture

Question 13

V. To put animals out in a field to eat grass

Answer 13

Pasture

Question 14

Adj. from earliest times; ancient

Simple or crude

Answer 14

Primitive

Question 15

N. Shelter or protection from harm

A place of safety

Answer 15

Refuge

Question 16

N. A person forced to leave her or his home or country seeking protection from danger

Answer 16

Refugee

Question 17

V. To go back to an earlier condition, often. One that is not satisfactory

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Revert

Question 18

V. To be filled; to occur in large numbers

Answer 18

Teem

Question 19

V. To become dried out; to lose freshness

Answer 19

Wither