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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dearth | / | Noun, Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun, Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| hunger | /x | Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| starve | / | Verb |
| feast | / | Noun, Verb |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| epidemics | xx/x | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| pandemics | x/x | Noun |
| unrest | x/ | Noun |
| tribulation | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| undernutrition | xxx/x | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| ravages | /xx | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| wars | / | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| alleviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| depopulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| genocide | /xx | Noun |
| apocalypse | x/xx | Noun |
| terror | /x | Noun |
| barrenness | /xx | Noun |
| rapine | /x | Noun |
| outbreak | /x | Noun |
| holocaust | /xx | Name |
| locusts | /x | Noun |
| perishing | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| sleeplessness | /xx | Noun |
| homelessness | /xx | Noun |
| depredation | xx/x | Noun |
| emigration | xx/x | Noun |
| blight | / | Noun |
| misrule | x/ | Noun |
| smallpox | /x | Noun |
| desertification | /xxx/x | Noun |
| pellagra | x/x | Noun |
| underdevelopment | xxx/xx | Noun |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| somalia | x/xx | Name |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| overeating | /x/x | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| scourge | / | Noun |
| gluttony | /xx | Noun |
| insurrection | xx/x | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| riots | /x | Noun |
| crops | / | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| cannibalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| slaughter | /x | Noun |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| flood | / | Noun |
| banditry | /xx | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| dysentery | /xxx | Noun |
| need | / | Noun |
| want | / | Verb |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| lack | / | Noun |
| desperation | xx/x | Noun |
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun |
| discontent | xx/ | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| underweight | /xx | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| desert | /x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| dystopia | //xx | Noun |
| futility | x/xx | Noun |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| ethiopian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stalks | / | Verb |
| stave | / | Verb |
| nakedness | /xx | Noun |
| bohr | / | Name |
| decimated | /xxx | Verb |
| sahel | xx | Name |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| impending | x/x | Verb |
| stricken | /x | Verb |
| appetite | /xx | Noun |
| bellum | /x | Name |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| earthquake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fame | / | Noun, Verb |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| food | / | Noun |
| glut | / | Noun, Verb |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Noun |
| partition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| postwar | // | Adjective |
| preindustrial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prewar | x/ | Adjective |
| prosperous | /xx | Adjective |
| transitional | x/xx | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
