UFS111 - 7th Vocabulary Entry

Read and copy the words in bold and give the meaning.


1)Convenientscapegoat
meaning : Convenient describes something easy to do, causes little trouble or easy to get.


2)Buffer
meaning : A person or thing that shields and protects against annoyance, harm, hostile forces, etc., or that lessens the impact of a shock or reversal.


3)Paved
meaning : To cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete stones, bricks, tiles,
wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.


4)Grasslands
meaning : Land  with grass  growing on it, especially farmland used for grazing or pasture.


5)Gullies
meaning : A small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainage way after prolonged heavy rains


6)Drainage
meaning : The act or process of draining.


7)Mother Nature
meaning : A personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being,sometimes creative and caring.


8)Widespread destruction
meaning : Distributed, circulated, or occurring over a wide area or extent:widespread benefits, widespread rumors


9)Foreseen
meaning : To have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.


10)Legitimate
meaning : Resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right


11)Meteorite
meaning : A mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.


12)Wiped Out
meaning : Completely exhausted.


13)Man-made
meaning : Produced, formed, or made by humans


14)Accurately
meaning : Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.


15)Short-sighted
meaning : Unable to see far; near sighted; myopic.