Dust Bowl Blues

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  1. trek
    any long and difficult trip
  2. exacerbate
    make worse
  3. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  4. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  5. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  6. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  7. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  8. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  9. squabble
    a quarrel about petty points
  10. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  11. aquifer
    underground layer of rock or sand that yields groundwater
  12. allotment
    distribution according to a plan
  13. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  14. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  15. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  16. disburse
    expend, as from a fund
  17. premium
    having or reflecting superior quality or value
  18. agribusiness
    a large-scale farming enterprise
  19. supplemental
    functioning in a supporting capacity
  20. Sisyphean
    both extremely effortful and futile
Created on Wed Sep 25 00:45:55 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Sep 25 14:04:06 EDT 2013)

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