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