Friday

what a nuisance

make her one of us

subtlety

fate

dom, dorm-: home

EX: dominate, domicile, dormitory

arch-: chief, ancient

EX: archaic, architecture, archaeology

vac-: empty

EX: vacancy, vacuous, vacuity

rad-: mathematics

EX: radical, adius, radix 

1.breeze KK[briz] DJ[bri:z]

From:The buildings will be grouped together as in a traditional desert village and will be cooled by wind towers that will collect the desert's breezes and flush out hot air.

n.

-A light current of air; a gentle wind.

-Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

-Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.

2.dust KK[dʌst] DJ[dʌst]

From:In an expanse of grey rock and dust in one of the harshest environments on Earth, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is about to build the world's first sustainable city.

n.

-Fine, dry particles of matter.

-A cloud of fine, dry particles.

-Particles of matter regarded as the result of disintegration.

-Earth, especially when regarded as the substance of the grave.

-The surface of the ground.

3.generate KK[ˋdʒɛnə͵ret] DJ[ˋdʒenəreit]

From:Some 80 percent of all the roof space will be used to generate solar power.

v.

-To bring into being; give rise to.

-To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

-To engender (offspring); procreate.

-To form (a geometric figure) by describing a curve or surface.

-To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.

4.humid KK[ˋhjumɪd] DJ[ˋhju:mid]

From:It's only really hot for three months of the year, but at other times it's humid.

adj.

-Containing or characterized by a high amount of water or water vapor.

5.microclimate KK[ˋmaɪkro͵klaɪmɪt] DJ[ˋmaikrəu͵klaimit]

From:Most roads wil be 10 feet (3 m) wide amd just 223 feet (70 m) long to develop a microclimate and keep the air moving; roofs will allow in air and keep the sun out in the summer.

n.

-The climate of a small, specific place within an area as contrasted with the climate of the entire area.