Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by the Grace of God: With the help or favor of God (general theism).
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
• adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• sustenance: What sustains life, especially food
• malnourished: Not having had adequate nourishment or food
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• residue: Left over part after most is taken away
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• maternal: Of mothers or being a mother
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• maternity: For or relating to the time of having a baby
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• frail: (E.g. of old person) weak in health, body
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• traumatize: To cause trauma and shock
• israel: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• egyptian: Concerning the culture and people of Egypt
• food: What people and animals eat to live