Abdulmalik Alhumaid CH14 Flashcards
duration(n.)
Word Map: school, collage, soccer
Definition: The period of time.
First Language: مدة
Ex:The course is of three years’ duration.
Minimize(v.)
Word Map: Laptop, fractions, math
Definition: To reduce to the smallest amount.
First Language: خفض, قلل
Ex:Every effort is being made to minimize civilian casualties.
prohibitive(adj.)
Word Map: police, company, prevent
Definition: to prevent something.
First Language:تحريمي ,محظور
Ex:The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive.
cite(v.)
Word Map: essay, paper, research
Definition: reference something as proof or as a reason
First Language:نوه,استشهد
Ex:The passage cited above is from a Robert Frost poem.
Abandon(v.)
Word Map: pet, car, child
Definition: To leave behind or give something up.
First language: تخلى
Ex:We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.
Terminate(v.)
Word Map: movie, comic, end
Definition: to end or stop.
First Language: إنهاء
Ex:The train from Paris terminates at Waterloo.
Region(n.)
Word Map: state, city, zone
Definition: A particular area of a state, country or earth surface.
First Language: منطقة
Ex:the Choco region of Columbia
Adjacent(adj.)
Word Map: buildings, beside, classrooms
Definition: very near or nothing in between.
First Language:مجاور
Ex:the building adjacent to the library
Annually(adv.)
Word Map: Fallfest, concert, event
Definition: Happens every year.
First Language: سنويا
Ex:The school trip has become an annual event.
Occur(v).
Word Map: concert, WVU up all night.
Definition: to exist; events that happen
First Language: حدث
Ex:A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.
Outcome(n.)
Word Map: new sales, company, result.
Definition: The result or effect of an action, situation or event.
First Language: نتيجة، حصيلة
Ex:People who had heard the evidence at the trial were surprised at the outcome
Inevitable(adj.)
Word Map: school, morning class
Definition: certain to happen.
First Language: محتوم، مستحيل
Ex:Disease was an inevitable consequence of poor living conditions
Devote(v.)
Word Map: study, Doctors
Definition: to give your time or your effort completely to something you believe in or to a person.
First Language: خصص، كرّس
Ex:She devoted herself full-time to her business.
Ultimate(adj.)
Word Map: maximum, goals
Definition: most important, highest last or final.
First Language: اساسي، مهم
Ex:’The Rolling Stones’ is the ultimate rock and roll band.
Benefits(n.)
Word Map: business, brainstorming, essays
Definition: A helpful or good effect.
First Language: فائدة، استفادة
Ex:We offer an excellent benifites package
Predict(v.)
Word Map: future, guess, Companies
Definition: to say that an event or action might happen in the future.
First Language: تنبوء، توقع
Ex: I predict that the summer will be very hot.
Conduct(v.)
Word Map: behavior, school, waiter
Definition: to organize and direct in a particular way.
First Language: تصرف
Ex:Suddenly all those annoying rules of conduct began to make sense
Expansion(n.)
Word Map: maximize, companies
Definition: the increase of something in size, number or importance.
First Language: توسيع، زياده
Ex: The rapid expansion of cities can cause social and economic problems.
Virtually(adv.)
Word map: statistics, math,
Definition:almost or very nearly.
First Language: تقريبا
Ex:Virtually all the children come to school by bus.
Input(n.)
Word Map: TV, computer, information
Definition: info, money or energy that is put into a system or organization.
First Language: ادخال
Ex:Farmers contributed most of the input into the survey.
Nevertheless(adj.)
Word Map: transition word, however, essay.
Definition: Despite what was jus said.
First Language: ومع ذلك
Ex:What you said was true. It was, nevertheless, a little unkind.
Expert(n.)
Word Map: professor, CEO
Definition: a person having high level of knowledge or skills in a particular subject.
First Language: خبره، خبير
Ex:He’s a world expert on marine mammals
Diminish(v.)
Word Map: less, size
Definition: Reduce in size or importance.
First Language: يقلل
Ex:these drugs diminish blood flow to the brain
Volume(n.)
Word Map: TV, speakers
Definition: Amount of space for length and hight.
First Language: الصوت
Ex:The volume of traffic on the roads has increased dramatically in recent years.
work cite
“Longman English Dictionary Online - LDOCE.” Longman English Dictionary Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2016.
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