| Term | Definition |
| floods | a large amount of water spreading over a place that is usually dry. |
| humiliated | to lower somebody's pride or dignity |
| mandate | power given to a person to act on behalf of someone else, |
| responds | to react or reply. |
| appetites | hunger, a desire to eat. |
| crumbling | to fall apart, break up into small pieces. |
| insatiable | that cannot be satisfied |
| invincible | that cannot be defeated. |
| luxury | something expensive that you enjoy but do not really need. |
| prosperous | successful, rich. |
| scourge | something that punishes or causes suffering, especially to a large group of people. |
| dwindled | to get smaller gradually. |
| excessive | too much, too great. |
| incompetent | unable to do a job |
| rampant | numerous and growing in quantity, widespread and uncontrollable. |
| substantial | large, considerable. |
| tangible | real, can be touched. |
| arts | a skill or ability. |
| ban | an order to not do something, prohibition. |
| bartering | to trade by exchange of goods for other goods. |
| imperative | essential, important |
| plagues | a dangerous illness that spreads very quickly. |
| ravaged | to ruin to do great damage. |
| deceased | dead |
| chip | to break off a small piece. |