Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• at least: As a minimum
• due to: Because of; owing to
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• aid: To help others and provide things
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• due: When something is required or expected
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• malnourished: Not having had adequate nourishment or food
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• pasture: Area with grass that cattle, etc. feed on
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• mount: To attach something to something else
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• barren: (Of a woman) not able to have children
• ration: Restriction of the amount someone can eat, use etc.
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• northern: In or toward the north
• fortnight: A period of two weeks
• rustle: To steal cattle or other animals from a herd
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• scant: Being very small in size or amount; sparse
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother