Academic Word Power 2 Unit 4

  1. apparent (واضِح، ظاهِر) adj. – obvious; clear; easy to see; evident

It is quite apparent to all of us that you haven’t done your work properly.

  1. aware (واع، مُدْرِك) adj. – having knowledge about, knowing; informed; conscious of

Is he aware of the problem?

  1. clause (فَقْرَه، بَنْد) n. – a part in a document that requires something to be done

The will contained a clause that left all his money to his children.

clause (عِبارَه، جُمْلَه مُعْتَمِدَه, * ثانويه) n. – the part of a sentence having its own subject and predicate

The sentence ‘Mary has a friend who is rich’ contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.

  1. considerable (كَبير، مُهِم، لا بأس بِه) adj. – much, a lot; a great deal of

He has a considerable sum of money in the bank.

  1. decline (يَضْعُف، يَخورُ) v. – to deteriorate, lower, weaken

His health has declined recently.

  1. domestic (بَيْتي، مَنْزِلي) adj. – of or in the house or home

The family hired a domestic servant.

domestic (أَهْلي، عائِلي) adj. – concerning one’s private life or family

They are having domestic problems.

  1. ethnic (عِرْقي، خاص بالأعْراق) adj.; ethnicity, n. – related to group characteristics, such as race, country or origin, or culture

Ethnic wars are common among some tribes in Indonesia.

  1. evolution (صيغَه، نَسْخَه) n. – the development of living things

He read about Darwin’s theory of evolution.

  1. grant (يُخَوِّل) v. – to agree, give

He granted the man permission to leave.

  1. instance (مَثَل، شاهِد) n. – an occurrence or happening

As a social worker, he saw many instances of poverty.

  1. integrate (يَدْمِج) v., integration, n. – put different groups of people together to mix with each other

The immigrants are finding it hard to integrate into the life of our cities.

  1. logic (عِلْم المَنْطِق) n. – a system of reasoning

He used logic to figure out the answer to the problem.

  1. network v. – to meet and exchange information with people

It is important to network when you are looking for a job.

  1. objective (هَدَف) n. – goal, purpose

Our objective is freedom.

  1. overall (كُلّي، شامِل) adj. – complete, including everything

What is the overall cost of the project?

  1. proportion (جُزء، نِسْبَه، حِصَّه) n. – relation of parts to one another, percentage

Only a small proportion of the class passed the exam.

  1. resolve (يُزيلُ الشُّكوك) v.; resolution, n. – a final solution to a problem

He resolved the problem.

  1. sufficient (كافٍ) adj. – ample, enough

Fifty minutes is ample time to complete the exam.

  1. symbolize (يَرْمُز) v.; symbol n.; symbolic, adj. – to represent something that can’t be seen

A ring symbolizes love that will never end.

  1. version (صيغَه، نَسْخَه) n. – accounts of something

The boy told his version of what had happened.

version n. – slightly revised copy

I bought a new version of Microsoft Office.