Vocabulary

Tipsy: adjective, Slightly drunk or intoxicated.
Rashid is getting tipsy after having two shots of vodka.

Aggressive: adjective, Acting in an violent way towards another person.
When Ahmed teased Salim he got aggressive immediately and started shouting.

Investigate: verb, to examine a statement, crime, problem to discover the truth.
Police started investigating the criminal to know his goals from the bank robbery.

Annexe: noun, an extra building added to a larger building
Delicate and valuable books are kept in an air-conditioned annexe to the main library.

Syllabus: noun, the subjects or books to be studied in a particular course.
Mohamed asked Jason the assistant in the university for the syllabus of the foundation course.

Prohibit: verb, to forbid by law or authority.
Driving while you’re drunk is strictly prohibited in this country.

Negligible: adjective, too slight or small in amount to be of importance.
The distance between HCT and AlJazira club is negligible.

Sequence: noun, a series of related things or events.
The first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death.

Enormous: adjective, greatly exceeding the common size, huge.
The Minister of foreign affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considered one of the wealthiest millionaires because he earns an enormous salary.

Inquire: verb, to ask for information.
Students started inquiring about the conference targets because they were advertising good offers.

Decent: adjective, socially acceptable or good.
It was very decent of Abdulla to help in donating for Haiti.

Ambition: noun, a strong wish to be successful.
Aisha doubts whether she’ll ever be able to fulfil her ambition.

Donate: verb, to give money or goods to help a person or organization.
Abdulla donated generously to Haiti victims.

Ferment: verb, to change chemically through the action of living substances.
You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.

Negotiate: verb, to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them.
Iran refused to negotiate with the United States on the nuclear issue.

contextualize: verb, to consider something in its context.
We must contextualize the problem before we can understand its origin.

Fatalistic: adjective, the belief that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events.
Being fatalistic about your chances will do no good.

Expansion: noun, when something increases in size.
Chemical engineers were especially important in the expansion of petroleum-based fuels for the automotive industry.

Inquisitive: adjective, wanting to discover as much as you can about things.
Engineers should be inquisitive with problem solving ability.

circumstance: noun, a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is.
Obviously we can't deal with the problem until we know all the circumstances.