| A | B |
|---|
| afflict | to bring or cause pain and suffering |
| barren | not fruitful |
| consist | to be made up |
| drought | a long period without rain |
| erode | to wear away bit by bit |
| expand | to give further details of |
| famine | a widespread and long-lasting shortage of food that may cause starvation |
| fertile | able to produce good crops |
| oasis | a place where there is water in an otherwise dry area |
| pasture | to put animals out in a field to eat grass |
| primitive | simple or crude |
| refugee | 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 |
| wither | to become dried out |
