| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| correspond |
to write letters. |
| emigrate |
to leave one country or region in order to settle in another. |
| expend |
to use up. |
| famine |
a great lack of food over a wide area. |
| intercept |
to stop or take hold of; interrupt the movement or progress of. |
| jovial |
very cheerful, friendly, and merry; jolly. |
| outbreak |
a sudden breaking out or increase in activity of disease. |
| perception |
the ability to become aware of or know through the senses. |
| policy1 |
a set of rules or a plan that is used as a guide for action. |
| reliance |
the act of relying or depending. |
| royalty |
a member of a king or queen's family, or all such persons as a group. |
| sham |
an imitation that is passed as genuine; counterfeit. |
| stoke |
to add to and stir up the fuel of. |
| transmission |
the act of sending or carrying from one person, place, or thing to another. |