Tuesday, May 25, 2010

20 Vocabulary Words

1) Annual: Annual or yearly is a word often used to describe something that happens once a year.
(An annual medical examination.)

2) Grant: something granted, as a privilege or right
(Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project).

3) Impose: to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled.
(He imposed his pretentious books on the public).

4) Stress: physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.
( Worry over his job and his wife's health put him under a great stress).

5) Goal: the result or achievement toward which effort is directed.
(Do not turn back when you are just at the goal).

6) Contribute: to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common as for charitable purposes.
(A sudden downpour contributed to the traffic jam).

7) Consent: to permit, approve, or agree .
(He consented to the proposal).

8) Access: the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter .
(They have access to the files).

9) Civil: of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens .
(He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately).

10) Summary: direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast .
(to treat someone with summary dispatch).

11) Label: a slip of paper marked for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer .
(I put a label on my book so people could that this is my book).

12) Technology: the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical .
(Technology makes the world a new place).

13) Environment: the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions .
(In a time-sharing environment, transactions are processed as they occur).

14) Psychology: the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
(The psychology of a soldier; the psychology of politics).

15) Theory: a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena .
(Einstein's theory of relativity).

16) Influence: the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinion .
(He used family influence to get the contract).

17) Scheme: a body or system of related doctrines, theories.
(A scheme of philosophy).

18) Accomplish: to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish .
(To accomplish one's mission).

19) Citizen: a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection .
(The deer is a citizen of our woods).

20) Foreigner: a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, alien.
(Yet when one tries to get close to those released from a prison camp, one realizes that the presence of a foreigner is not desired).

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