Saturday, December 26, 2009

The 50 words

1) 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 one city to another. ( noun )

2) Problem:
Any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.

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

3) Reached:
To get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.

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

4) 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 customs of a society differ depending on its religion. ( noun )

5) Success:
The favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.

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

6) 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 )

7) View:
An instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.

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

8) 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 )

9) Which:
Which of these do you want? Which do you want?

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

10) 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 )

11) Medium:
A middle state or condition; mean.

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

12) Million:
A cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.

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

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

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


14) Noise:
Sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind.

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

15) 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 )

16) 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 )

17) 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 )

18) Pollution:
The act of polluting or the state of being polluted.

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

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

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

20) 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 )

21) Broken:
Reduced to fragments; fragmented.

~Broken glass is very dangerous thing. ( adjective )

22) 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 )

23) 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 )

24) 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 )

25) Control:
To exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.

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

26) 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 )

27) 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 )

28) 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 )

29) 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 )

30) 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 )

31) 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 )

32) 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 )

33) 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 )

34) 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 )

35) 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 )

36) 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 )

37) Aspect:
Appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country.

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

38) 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 )

39) 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 )

40) Describe:
To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account.

~The witness had a difficult time describing the suspect. ( verb )

41) 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 )

42) Energy:
The capacity for vigorous activity; available power.

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

43) 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 )

44) Follow:
To come after in sequence, order of time, etc.

~Dogs always follow their masters everywhere. ( verb )

45) 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 )

46) Healthy:
Possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality.

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

47) 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 )

48) 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 )

49) 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 )

50) 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 )

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