Glossary

//Intransitive verb// to curl up comfortably or cozily. //transitive verb// Example: When I was little I used to sleep snuggled with my teddy bear. a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization. Example: Some of the largest slums in the world can to have over a million people.
 * SNUGGLE:**
 * 1.**to draw close especially for comfort or in affection.
 * 2.**to make snug.
 * **SLUM:**

//noun// //adyective//
 * **WELFARE:**
 * 1** **:** the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity
 * 2 a** **:** aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need **b** **:** an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
 * 1** **:** of, relating to, or concerned with welfare and especially with improvement of the welfare of disadvantaged social groups.
 * 2** **:** receiving public welfare benefits.

Example: Welfare is a right for everybody.

//noun// Refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
 * **SEWAGE**

Example: The objective of sewage treatment is to produce a disposable effluent without causing harm or trouble to the communities and prevent pollution.

//noun// A very steep, vertical, or overhanging face of rock, earth, or ice.
 * ** CLIFF **

Example: Enjoy the beautiful view over the cliff.



//noun//
 * ** WEDDING **
 * 1.** A marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities**.**
 * 2****.** An act, process, or instance of joining in close association.
 * 3.** A wedding anniversary or its celebration.

Example: Celebrate your dream wedding on the beach.

> //noun// An artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of the body.
 * ** PROSTHESIS **

Example: A new prosthesis arm with mind control was created in Autria.

//adverb//
 * ** FURTHER **
 * 1.** Farther
 * 2**. in addition
 * 3.** to a greater degree or extent

//transitive verb// to help forward.

//adjective//
 * 1.** Farther
 * 2.** going or extending beyond.

Example: Move the chair further along please.

//intransitive verb
 * ** AIM **
 * 1.**// to direct a course; specifically
 * 2**. aspire, intend.

//transitive verb//
 * 1.** obsolete.
 * 2.** to direct to or toward a specified object or goal.

Example: The aim of the campaign is to get as much support as possible.


 * ** GLAD **

//adjective//
 * 1. a**. Experiencing pleasure, joy, or delight **:** made happy.
 * b**. Made pleased, satisfied, or grateful.
 * c**. Very willing.
 * 2. a**. Marked by, expressive of, or caused by happiness and joy.
 * b.** **C**ausing happiness and joy.
 * 3.** Full of brightness and cheerfulness.

Example: I am glad everything with you is ok.

//Transitive Verb//
 * **WARP:**
 * 1.** to arrange so as to form a warp
 * 2.** a. to turn or twist out of shape.
 * b.** to cause to judge, choose, or act wrongly or abnormally.
 * c**. Distort
 * d.** to deflect from a course.
 * 3.** to move by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object

//Intransitive verb//
 * 1.** to become warped
 * 2.** to move a ship by warping

Example: The heat can warp of the plastic.




 * ** SCUFF: **

//intransitive verb//
 * 1. a.** to walk without lifting the feet
 * b**. to poke or shuffle a foot in exploration or embarrassment
 * 2.** to become scratched, chipped, or roughened by wear

//transitive verb//
 * 1.** cuff
 * 2. a.** to scrape along a surface while walking or back and forth while standing
 * b.** to poke at with the toe
 * 3.** to scratch, gouge, or wear away the surface.

Example: Someone left scuff marks in the sand.


 * ** ECOLOGY **


 * 1.** a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments.
 * 2.** the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment.
 * 3.** Ecology human.
 * 4.** Enviroment, climate; //also// **:** an often delicate or intricate system or complex.

Example: Consideration should be given greater attention to positive quality of life and ecology.
 * ** REWARD **

//transitive verb//
 * 1.** to give a reward to or for.
 * 2.** recompense.

//noun//
 * 1.** something that is given in return for good or evil done or received or that is offered or given for some service or attainment.
 * 2.** a stimulus administered to an organism following a correct or desired response that increases the probability of occurrence of the response.

Example: We have been rewarded with several architectural awards.


 * ** SUSTAINABLE **

1. capable of being sustained.
 * 2. a** **:** of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.
 * b.** of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods.


 * **SKYSCRAPER**

//noun// a very tall building

Example: skyscrapers seem to be the new way of demonstrating economic power.
 * ** DECKING **

//noun//
 * deck; //also// **:** material for a deck

//transitive verb//
 * 1** //obsolete// **:** cover
 * 2 a** **.** to clothe in a striking or elegant manner **:** array
 * b.** decorate
 * c.** to portray or present with embellishments
 * 3.** to furnish with or as if with a deck
 * 4.** to knock down forcibly **:** floor

Example: Composite decking is commonly used in deck and patio construction.




 * ** DECONSTRUCTIVISM **

An architectural movement or style influenced by deconstruction that encourages radical freedom of form and the open manifestation of complexity in a building rather than strict attention to functional concerns and conventional design elements.

Example: For Peter Eisenman Deconstructivism should be considered an extension of his interest in radical formalism.




 * ** MINIMALISM **


 * 1.** a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity.
 * 2.** minimal art

Example: The architect Ludwing Mies Van Der Rohe adopted the motto "Less is more" to describe his impression of extreme simplicity of minimalism.




 * ** OUTLOOK **

1. a. a place offering a view
 * b.** a view from a particular place
 * 2.** point of view
 * 3.** the act of looking out
 * 4.** the prospect for the future

Example: The fiscal outlook for urban areas is expected to remain tough in 2009.

//adjective//
 * ** LUXURIOUS **
 * 1.** Lecherous
 * 2.** marked by or given to self-indulgence.
 * 3.** of, relating to, or marked by luxury
 * 4.** of the finest and richest kind.

Example: Gold chains are luxurious like egyptian cotton




 * ** KNOWLEDGE **

//noun//. //**2. a.**// **//(1)//**. the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association //**b.**// **//(1)//**. the fact or condition of being aware of something
 * 1**. //obsolete: cognizance//
 * //(2)//** : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique
 * //(2)//**. the range of one's information or understanding
 * c.** the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning: cognition
 * d.** the fact or condition of having information or of being learned.
 * 3.** //archaic//: sexual intercourse
 * 4. a.** the sum of what is known: the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind
 * b.** //archaic//**:** a branch of learning

Example: The e-zine was designed to expand knowledge of the English language.


 * **APPLIED**

//adjective//
 * 1.** put to practical use ; //especially//**:** applying general principles to solve definite problems.
 * 2.** working in an applied science.

Example: I’m interested in the technology applied in the sustainable architecture.

noun **b.** close association.
 * **H****ARNESS**
 * 1. a.** the gear other than a yoke of a draft animal **b.** gear, equipment; //especially//**:** military equipment for a horse or man.
 * 2. a**. occupational surroundings or routine
 * 3. a.** something that resembles a harness (as in holding or fastening something)
 * b.** prefabricated wiring with insulation and terminals ready to be attached.
 * 4.** a part of a loom which holds and controls the heddles.

//transitive verb//
 * 1. a.** to put a harness on
 * b.** to attach by means of a harness
 * 2.** to tie together: yoke.
 * 3.** utilize.

Example: It aims to harness the qualities of the site to generate there a different theme