Saturday, 12 December 2009

50 Words

1-Account: An oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.

*Nowadays every person should have a bank account. (noun)

2-Achievement: Something accomplished, esp. by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.; a great or heroic deed: his remarkable achievements in art.

* The UAE in its 38 years has achieved so much to be proud of. (noun )

3-Affect: To act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops

* Most of the time society affects the person, but sometimes it’s the opposite. (verb )

4-Afraid: Feeling fear; filled with apprehension: afraid to go.

*The main reason for people to not get a driver’s license is because they are afraid of driving. (adjective )

5-Almost: Very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books.

* It was almost morning when I finished studying for the exam. (adverb )

6-Amount: The sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.

*The amount of the water in the human’s blood is more than 50%. (noun )

7-Apartment: A room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.

*It’s not easy to get an apartment in Abu Dhabi that is not very expensive. (noun )

8-Aspect: Appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country.

*Money is the most important aspect of business. (noun )

9-Attract: To draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel ): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.

*The movies and video games are the main things that attract teenagers. (verb )

10-Beautiful: Having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.

*The most beautiful view is when the sun sets over the sea. (adjective )

11-Benefit: Something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.

*Before starting any business the amount of the benefit must be considered. (noun )

12-Broken: Reduced to fragments; fragmented.

*Broken glass is very dangerous thing. (adjective )

13-Career: An occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.

*After finishing school the real career starts. (noun )

14-Choice: An act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.

*Every person has to make an important choice in his life. (adjective )

15-Communicate: To impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.

*It’s been a lot easier for people to communicate since the telephone was
invented. (verb )

16-Control: To exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.

*The police do a great job to control the crime rate. (noun )

17-Correct: To set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation.

*It’s important to know the wrong answers and correct them. (adjective )

18-Culture: The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

*Every country has a different culture from others. (noun )

19-Degree: Any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.

*Some jobs require a specific degree. (noun )

20-Department: A distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.

*The fire department does a great job to help people. (noun )

21-Describe: To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account.

*The wetness had a difficult time describing the suspect. (verb )

22-Education: The act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

*Education is mixed with modern technology to make it easier for students. (noun )

23-Energy: The capacity for vigorous activity; available power.

*It takes a lot of energy to play a football match of 90 minutes. (noun )

24-Family: Parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.

*Families in the past were bigger and a lot more connected than now. (noun )

25-Follow: To come after in sequence, order of time, etc.

*Dogs always follow their masters everywhere. (verb )

26-Future: Time that is to be or come hereafter.

*Some people want to know how their future is going to be, but others prefer their future to be unknown. (noun )

27-Healthy: Possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality.

*The healthy mind is in the healthy body. ( adjective)

28-Holiday: A day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

*The holiday is the best time after months of hard work. (noun )

29-Machine: An apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.

*There is at least one kind of machine in every house. (noun )

30-Media: The means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely.

*Media can control a lot of people's minds. (noun )

31-Medium: A middle state or condition; mean.

*I think I am of a medium height. (adjective )

32-Million: A cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.

*A small room has at least million bacteria in it. (noun )

33-Money: Any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.

*A lot of people spend their lives making money. (noun )

34-Museum: A building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.

*Museums are very important to make people remember their country’s past. (noun )

35-Noise: Sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind.

*Some people can’t stand the least kind of noise. (noun )

36-Party: A social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.

*A lot of people love to party all the time. (verb )

37-People: Persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.

*Every person has his own way of thinking and that’s why all the people can never be united. (noun )

38-Pizza: A flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc..

*No one can think of Italy without thinking of pizza. (noun )

39-Pollution: The act of polluting or the state of being polluted.

*Pollution endangers the earth and the lives of all the creatures. (noun )

40-Population: The total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

*The population of mankind keeps on increasing. (noun )

41-Price: The sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.

*The price of a house differs from are city to another. (noun )

42-Problem: Any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.

*There is no one who is problem free. (noun )

43-Reached: To get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.

*Last year Barcelona football club reached the finals. ( verb)

44-Religion: A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.

*The custom of a society differ depending on its religion. (noun )

45-Success: The favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.

*You have to work hard to gain success. (noun )

46-University: An institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

*University is much different from school. (noun )

47-View: An instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.

*The view from the top of our building is scary. (noun )

48-Weather: The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.

*The perfect weather in the UAE is in winter. (noun )

49-Which: Which of these do you want? Which do you want?

*France won the 1998 world cup which they were hosting. (conjunction )

50-Women: A range of sizes usually from 38 to 44 for garments that fit larger than average women..

*Women are half of the community. (noun )

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