Thursday, 3 May 2012

UFS 111 - 7th Vocabulary Entry


1.      Convenient
Meaning: suitable or particular for a particular purpose, not causing difficulty

2.      Scapegoat
Meaning: a person who is punished for things that are not his/ her fault

3.      Buffer
Meaning: a thing or person that reduces the unpleasant effects of something or prevents violent contact between two things and people

4.      Paved
Meaning: to cover an areas of ground with flat stones

5.      Grassland
Meaning: an areas, such as a prairie or meadow of grass or glasslike vegetation

6.      Drainage
Meaning: a system used for making water, flow away from or place

7.      Mother Nature
Meaning: the personification of nature as a powerful and nurturing woman

8.      Widespread
Meaning: found or happening over a large area, affecting a large number of people

9.      Destruction
Meaning: the action of destroying something

10.  Foreseen
Meaning: to know or guess that something is going to happen in the future

11.  Legitimate
Meaning: reasonable or acceptable

12.  Meteorite
Meaning: a small piece of rock in space


13.  Wipe Out
Meaning: to destroy or be destroyed completely

14.  Man – made
Meaning: made by people, not formed in a natural way artificial

15.  Accurately
Meaning: exact and correct without mistakes

16.  Short- sighted
Meaning: (medicine/ pathology) relating to or suffering from myopia

17.  Gullies
Meaning: a deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour



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