Tuesday, April 3, 2012

7th Vocabulary Entry

1. Convenient
    Meaning: involving little trouble of effort.


2.Scapegoat
   Meaning: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.


3. Buffer
    Meaning: a person or thing that lessens the impact of harmful effects.


4. Paved
    Meaning: cover a piece of ground with flat stones.


5. Grasslands
    Meaning: an area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grass like vegetation.


6. Gullies
    Meaning: a ravine formed by the action of water.


7. Drainage
    Meaning: a system of drains.


8. Mother
   Meaning: the head of a convent.


9. Nature
    Meaning: the physical world, including plants, animals, and all things that are not made by people.


10. Widespread
      Meaning: spread among a large number or over a large area.


11. Destruction
      Meaning: the destroying of something.


12. Foreseen
      Meaning: be aware of something before it happens; predict.


13. Legitimate
      Meaning: able to be defended; reasonable.


14. Meteorite
      Meaning: a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth from space.


15. Wiped
      Meaning: remove something from a surface in this way.


16. Out
      Meaning: away from a place.


17. Man
      Meaning: human being in general.


18. Made
      Meaning: form something by putting parts together or mixing substances.


19. Accurately
      Meaning: correct in all details.


20. Short
      Meaning: not having enough of.


21. Sighted
      Meaning: having the ability to see; not blind.



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