1.1    Meanings :

Development  –  being developed.

Continuously  –  without interruption

Agency  –  a business or organization providing a particular service

Social developments  –  improving the well-being of every individual

Attainment  –  a thing achieved,

Mortality  –  death, especially on a large scale.

Criterion    –   standard by which something may be judged or decided.

Compromise –  an agreement or settlement of a dispute

Rapid  –  happening in a short time

Undernourished  –  having insufficient food

Medieval  –   relating to the Middle Ages

Self-reliant  –   reliant on one’s own powers

Destructive  –  causing great and irreparable damage.