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1.Accommodate

Explain:to adjust or become adjusted.

Example:When traveling ,you have to accommodate yourself to many unexpected situation.

2.contain

Explain:to hold or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area.

Example:This bottle can contain two liters of water.

3.banquet

Explain:a ceremonial meal for many people.

Example:A banquet was held in honor of the king’s visit to Denmark.

4.beverage

Explain:any drink, usually other than water.

Example:Hot beverages,such as tea and coffee , were served during the break.

5.broth

Explain:a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, in water.

Example:A bowl of chicken broth is just what you need when you don’t feel well.

6.snort

Explain: To make a sudden loud noise through your nose, for example because you are angry or laughing.

Example: With a disgusted snort, Jack stormed out of the dining room.

7. twitch

Explain: To make a sudden quick movement.

Example: It's like sitting on a river bank with a fishing rod, anticipating the slightest twitch from beneath the water.

8. rusty

Explain: A rusty metal object is covered in RUST

Example: I warn you, my piano playing's pretty rusty.

9. petrify

Explain:To frighten someone so much that they cannot move or decide what to do.

Example: I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary.

10. intent

Explain: Concentrating hard on something.

Example: He was so intent on his bodybuilding magazine, he didn't notice me come in.

11.outskirts

Explain: The areas of a town or city that is farthest away from the center.

Example: Camera crews spent two days filming in the red light district on the outskirts of Bolton town center.

12.dust

Explain: Very small pieces of dirt that cover surfaces inside buildings like a powder.

Example: The dictionaries were covered in dust.

13.resource

Explain: Something you can use to help you to achieve something, especially in your work or study.

Example: The company plans to exploit the plentiful resources of fish in the area.

14. retreat

Explain: To avoid a dangerous, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

Example: The later middle Ages were a period when royal feudal rights are usually considered to have been in retreat in England.

15. tame

Explain: A tame animal has been trained to stay calm when people are near it, because it is used to being with them.

Example: Children enjoy the farm setting and the tame farm animals.

16. inefficiency

Explain: The inefficient way in which someone does something.

Example: The investigation showed up the inefficiency of the management.

17. operate

Explain: If an organization or company operates, it does its work.

Example: The company has been operating in South America for two years.

18. perception

Explain: A particular way of understanding or thinking about something.

Example: There is a perception that management only wants to cut costs.

19. stockbroker

Explain: Someone whose job is to buy and sell SHARES in companies for other people.

Example: Any stockbroker can sell your shares for you, but you need to shop around for the cheapest deal.

20. range

Explain: The limits within which a person or organization is able to deal effectively with something.

Example: Temperatures are expected to be in the range of 75 to 85 degrees.

21. distort

Explain: To change something such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate.

Example: Electronic faults can distort the radio signal.

22. channel

Explain: To use money or supplies for a particular purpose.

Example: All the company's sales are channeled through outside distributors.

23. impair

Explain: To make something less good or effective, especially by causing damage that affects the way something works.

Example: The condition does not seem to impair his ability to work.

24. recollection

Explain: The ability to remember something that has happened.

Example: In her recollection of everyday experiences, there is a questioning of the value of everyday objects and existential experiences.

25. rural

Explain: Relating to parts of a country that are not near cities and where the population is low.

Example: Here the rural areas too were in the hands of the towns and the patriciate ruled unchallenged.

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