Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Area: noun: A particular environment or walk of life
"It was a closed area of employment"
Data: noun: An item of factual information derived from measurement or research
"The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
Issue: verb: Make out:
"Issue a check"
Economy: noun: The efficient use of resources
"The economy in the UAE depends on oil”
Policy: noun: A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
"It was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"
Process: noun: A particular course of action intended to achieve a result
"It was a process of trial and error"
Income: noun: The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
"He received a comfortable income from the syndication of his work"
Occur: verb: Come to one's mind; suggest itself
"It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"
Export: verb: Sell or transfer abroad
"We export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"
Individual: adj: Being or characteristic of one particular part of many
"Please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways";
Role: noun: An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"She played the role of Desdemona"
Environment: noun: The totality of surrounding conditions
"He longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
Source: noun: The place where something begins, where it springs into being
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
Benefit: noun: Something that aids or promotes well-being
"Teachers want benefit for all"
Analyze: Verb: Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
"Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"
Vary: verb: Become different in some particular way
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
Function: noun: What something is used for
"The function of an auger is to bore holes"
Specific: noun Stated explicitly or in detail
"I need a specific amount of meat"
Period: noun: An amount of time
"I waited for a long period of time”
Establish: verb: Set up or lay the groundwork for
"The experiment established the instability of the compound"
Estimate: noun: An approximate calculation of quantity, degree or worth
"got an estimate from the car repair shop"

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