vocab 6

1. the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
3. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
5. waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.
6. the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
8. the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
10. relating to or denoting the generation of electricity using flowing water (typically from a reservoir held behind a dam or other barrier) to drive a turbine that powers a generator.

2. the production of more of a product, commodity, or substance than is wanted or needed.
4. a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
7. the action of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up their mortgage payments.
9. a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.