| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abandonment | state of being deserted |
| 2. | Abjection | state of extreme misery |
| 3. | Absence | lack of something present |
| 4. | Adversity | hardship or misfortune |
| 5. | Ailment | minor illness or disorder |
| 6. | Anguish | severe mental distress |
| 7. | Anxiety | uneasy worry or concern |
| 8. | Ask | request something |
| 9. | Assistance | help or support |
| 10. | Austerity | harshness from limited resources |
| 11. | Bare necessity | essential minimum requirement |
| 12. | Beg | plead for something |
| 13. | Beseech | ask urgently and earnestly |
| 14. | Bother | cause concern or trouble |
| 15. | Call for | require or demand |
| 16. | Care | provision of attention or help |
| 17. | Clamor | loud demand or protest |
| 18. | Compulsion | irresistible urge to act |
| 19. | Concern | matter needing attention |
| 20. | Condition | requirement for something |
| 21. | Constraint | limitation forcing action |
| 22. | Crisis | time of acute difficulty |
| 23. | Cry for | urgent appeal for help |
| 24. | Demand | pressing requirement or claim |
| 25. | Deprivation | lack of essential things |
| 26. | Desideratum | something desired or needed |
| 27. | Destitution | extreme poverty and lack |
| 28. | Difficulty | problem requiring effort |
| 29. | Dire straits | extremely difficult situation |
| 30. | Distress | extreme anxiety or suffering |
| 31. | Emergency | sudden urgent situation |
| 32. | Essential | absolutely necessary |
| 33. | Exigency | urgent need or demand |
| 34. | Expectation | something required or anticipated |
| 35. | Expense | cost requiring payment |
| 36. | Extreme want | severe lack of necessities |
| 37. | Failing | shortcoming or deficiency |
| 38. | Famine | extreme scarcity of food |
| 39. | Financial strain | pressure from limited money |
| 40. | Fix | difficult predicament |
| 41. | Gap | missing part or shortfall |
| 42. | Hardship | severe suffering or privation |
| 43. | Have to | be obliged to |
| 44. | Help | aid or assistance |
| 45. | Hunger | need for food |
| 46. | Imperative | urgent and essential |
| 47. | Impoverishment | becoming poor or deprived |
| 48. | Indigence | poverty; lack of means |
| 49. | Insistence | pressing demand or requirement |
| 50. | Insufficiency | not enough; shortage |
| 51. | Intend | plan and require to act |
| 52. | Lack | absence or shortage |
| 53. | Lean times | period of scarcity |
| 54. | Longing | strong desire for something |
| 55. | Mandate | authoritative requirement |
| 56. | Must | be required to |
| 57. | Necessity | something required |
| 58. | Obligation | duty to do something |
| 59. | Occasion | situation requiring action |
| 60. | Onus | burden of responsibility |
| 61. | Order | authoritative command |
| 62. | Outcry | public expression of demand |
| 63. | Paucity | smallness of quantity; scarcity |
| 64. | Penury | extreme poverty |
| 65. | Petition | formal request |
| 66. | Pinch | time of difficulty or want |
| 67. | Plea | urgent request |
| 68. | Pleading | earnest request for help |
| 69. | Plight | unfortunate difficult situation |
| 70. | Poverty | state of being poor |
| 71. | Pray | ask earnestly |
| 72. | Prerequisite | required condition beforehand |
| 73. | Pressure | urgent demand or strain |
| 74. | Privation | lack of basic comforts |
| 75. | Problem | matter needing solution |
| 76. | Prompting | stimulus to act |
| 77. | Request | act of asking |
| 78. | Requirement | something demanded or needed |
| 79. | Requisition | formal demand for supplies |
| 80. | Responsibility | duty to deal with something |
| 81. | Scarcity | short supply |
| 82. | Scrape | awkward or tight situation |
| 83. | Shortage | insufficient amount |
| 84. | Shortfall | amount lacking |
| 85. | Sine qua non | indispensable condition |
| 86. | Solicit | ask for or seek |
| 87. | Sorrow | deep sadness or grief |
| 88. | Strain | pressure from demands |
| 89. | Straits | position of difficulty |
| 90. | Stress | mental or physical pressure |
| 91. | Supplication | humble urgent request |
| 92. | Support | help or backing |
| 93. | Tension | mental strain or pressure |
| 94. | Thirst | need for drink |
| 95. | Tribulation | great trouble or suffering |
| 96. | Trouble | difficulty requiring attention |
| 97. | Unavoidable | cannot be avoided; necessary |
| 98. | Undersupply | supply less than required |
| 99. | Urgency | quality of requiring swift action |
| 100. | Want | lack or desire for something |