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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

UFS101-2nd VOCABULARY ENTRY

word : poverty

meaning : is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.
example : with only the money that engels could raise, the marx family lived in extreme poverty .

word : destitution

meaning : without the basic necessities of life ; not having . 
example : at one stage he ended up destitution in a homeless men's hostel . 

word : inability

meaning : lack of sufficient power, resources, and capacity.
example : the inability of the government to cope with the problem .

word : incapable

meaning : lacking the necessary ability, competence, strength, etc.
example : they have proved incapable of pushing through many of the reforms they promised. 

word : starvation 

meaning : the act or an instance of starving .
example : whatever the cause, some brain cells die from oxygen starvation.

word : deprivation

meaning : a depriving or begin deprived .
example : the aim is to tackle deprivation in the most deprived areas.

word : dearth

meaning : a lack or small supply of something .
example : dearth of literature which deals with the issue of race in organization in the UK .

word : thwart 

meaning :to hinder or stop something from happening.
example : thwart attempts to disguise alcohol by mixing it with soft drinks.

word : famine 

meaning : an acute and general shortage of food; or a period of this. 
example : the irish famine of 1845 gave him the excuse for which he was looking.

word : drought

meaning : is a long period of time when where is no rain.
example : two severe drought have left people with very little food- everyone is hungry.







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