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