Abdulmalik Alhumaid CH14 Flashcards

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duration(n.)

Word Map: school, collage, soccer

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Definition: The period of time.
First Language: مدة
Ex:The course is of three years’ duration.

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Minimize(v.)

Word Map: Laptop, fractions, math

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Definition: To reduce to the smallest amount.
First Language: خفض, قلل
Ex:Every effort is being made to minimize civilian casualties.

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prohibitive(adj.)

Word Map: police, company, prevent

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Definition: to prevent something.
First Language:تحريمي ,محظور
Ex:The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive.

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cite(v.)

Word Map: essay, paper, research

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Definition: reference something as proof or as a reason
First Language:نوه,استشهد
Ex:The passage cited above is from a Robert Frost poem.

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Abandon(v.)

Word Map: pet, car, child

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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.

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Terminate(v.)

Word Map: movie, comic, end

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Definition: to end or stop.
First Language: إنهاء
Ex:The train from Paris terminates at Waterloo.

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Region(n.)

Word Map: state, city, zone

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Definition: A particular area of a state, country or earth surface.
First Language: منطقة
Ex:the Choco region of Columbia

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Adjacent(adj.)

Word Map: buildings, beside, classrooms

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Definition: very near or nothing in between.
First Language:مجاور
Ex:the building adjacent to the library

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Annually(adv.)

Word Map: Fallfest, concert, event

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Definition: Happens every year.
First Language: سنويا
Ex:The school trip has become an annual event.

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Occur(v).

Word Map: concert, WVU up all night.

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Definition: to exist; events that happen
First Language: حدث
Ex:A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.

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Outcome(n.)

Word Map: new sales, company, result.

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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

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Inevitable(adj.)

Word Map: school, morning class

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Definition: certain to happen.
First Language: محتوم، مستحيل
Ex:Disease was an inevitable consequence of poor living conditions

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Devote(v.)

Word Map: study, Doctors

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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.

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Ultimate(adj.)

Word Map: maximum, goals

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Definition: most important, highest last or final.
First Language: اساسي، مهم
Ex:’The Rolling Stones’ is the ultimate rock and roll band.

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Benefits(n.)

Word Map: business, brainstorming, essays

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Definition: A helpful or good effect.
First Language: فائدة، استفادة
Ex:We offer an excellent benifites package

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Predict(v.)

Word Map: future, guess, Companies

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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.

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Conduct(v.)

Word Map: behavior, school, waiter

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Definition: to organize and direct in a particular way.
First Language: تصرف
Ex:Suddenly all those annoying rules of conduct began to make sense

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Expansion(n.)

Word Map: maximize, companies

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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.

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Virtually(adv.)

Word map: statistics, math,

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Definition:almost or very nearly.
First Language: تقريبا
Ex:Virtually all the children come to school by bus.

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Input(n.)

Word Map: TV, computer, information

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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.

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Nevertheless(adj.)

Word Map: transition word, however, essay.

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Definition: Despite what was jus said.
First Language: ومع ذلك
Ex:What you said was true. It was, nevertheless, a little unkind.

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Expert(n.)

Word Map: professor, CEO

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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

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Diminish(v.)

Word Map: less, size

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Definition: Reduce in size or importance.
First Language: يقلل
Ex:these drugs diminish blood flow to the brain

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Volume(n.)

Word Map: TV, speakers

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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.

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work cite

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“Longman English Dictionary Online - LDOCE.” Longman English Dictionary Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2016.

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