a long period when there is little or no rain: This year (a) severe drought has ruined the crops

to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear: She fled (from) the room in tears. In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. [formal] The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. Synonyms: nourishment, food, provisions, rations

NOUN

1. means of sustaining health or life; nourishment
2. means of maintenance; livelihood

the ability of food to provide people and animals with what they need to make them strong and healthy: A stick of celery does not provide much sustenance.

emotional or mental support: When her husband died, she drew sustenance from/she found sustenance in her religious beliefs.

1. ADJECTIVE Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time. ...the great nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara. Synonyms: wandering, travelling, roaming, migrant More Synonyms of nomadic
2. ADJECTIVE If someone has a nomadic way of life, they travel from place to place and do not have a settled home. The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.

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ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

1. Someone who has a sedentary lifestyle or job sits down a lot of the time and does not take much exercise.

ex: Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease.

Synonyms: inactive, sitting, seated, desk

1. used to refer to organisms that do not ever or often move from one position or place :

ex: This is quite a sedentary species and this is the longest journey for a female we know of.

ex: Beneath the kelp there are sedentary organisms such as molluscs of many types.

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boom verb (GROW)

to increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly:

COUNTABLE NOUN [usually singular]

If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.

1. VERB

If the economy or a business is booming, the amount of things being bought or sold is increasing.

When the economy is booming, people buy new cars.

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VERB If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.

to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces:

to grind coffee

Shall I grind a little black pepper over your salad?

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very dry and without enough rain for plants:

The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.

When you live in a big city like New York, you know all too well how the smells of spices and cooking meats can permeate a hallway, easily passing through those thin apartment doors to make your mouth water.

The verb permeate literally means to "pass through." It's often used to describe smells or liquids that not only pass through, but also spread to fill an entire area. When you bake cookies, you'll notice that the rich, sweet smell of those cookies isn't confined just to your oven — it permeates the entire kitchen and even the whole house.

1. To control someone or something with absolute authority or power.

The dictator has reigned over the country with an iron fist since his military coup in 1987.

It's been 30 years since the monarchy reigned over us, and some parts of the population wish we could go back to that time.

1. To be a very influential or widespread force over someone or something.

Terror has been reigning over our citizens ever since the war began.

1. to rule over someone or something.

The king reigned over his subjects for over thirty years.

The queen reigned over the country for along time.

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.

1. ADJECTIVE

A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.

She told us she was descended from some Scottish Lord.

1. VERB When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them.

An uneasy calm descended on the area.

A reverent hush descended on the multitude.

1. VERB If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you.

3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money.

Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.

1. VERB If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it. [disapproval]

We're not going to descend to such methods.

She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters. [Vto n/-ing]

1. VERB When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation.

He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.

to experience something, especially something unpleasant:

When did you first encounter these difficulties?

The army is reported to be encountering considerable resistance.

to meet someone unexpectedly, or to experience, esp. something unpleasant:

In the kitchen I encountered a woman I had never seen before.

He was shocked by the hostility he encountered.

to experience a situation, especially something that is unexpected or unpleasant:

If you encounter problems or difficulties, you experience them.

Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another.

Thousands of customers have encountered problems.

If something happens or exists partially, it happens or exists to some extent, but not completely. Lisa is deaf in one ear and partially blind.

If a place is deserted, there are no people in it: a deserted building/street The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.

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The Ancestral Puebloans were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.