Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• aid: To help others and provide things
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• due: When something is required or expected
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• important: Having power or authority
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ingenious: Very good at making things or solving problems
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• northern: In or toward the north
• loot: To steal things after riots or disasters
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• online: Connected to the internet
• telegram: Written message sent by using an electrical device