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Mike A. (Egypt)
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  1. ultimate
    furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
  2. ultimately
    as the end result of a succession or process
  3. umbrella
    a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
  4. acceptable
    worthy of approval or satisfactory
  5. uncertain
    lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
  6. certain
    established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
  7. uncomfortable
    providing or experiencing physical unease
  8. comfortable
    providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief
  9. unconscious
    lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception
  10. conscious
    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  11. control
    power to direct or determine
  12. understanding
    the condition of someone who knows and comprehends
  13. employ
    put into service
  14. unemployment
    the state of not having a job
  15. employment
    the state of having a job
  16. unexpected
    not anticipated or planned for
  17. fair
    free from favoritism, bias, or deception
  18. unfortunate
    marked by or resulting in bad luck
  19. unfortunately
    by bad luck
  20. happiness
    state of well-being characterized by contentment and joy
  21. union
    the state of being joined or united or linked
  22. unique
    the single one of its kind
  23. united
    being or joined into a single entity
  24. universe
    everything that exists anywhere
  25. university
    an institution of higher learning that grants degrees
  26. unknown
    not known
  27. likely
    having a good chance of being the case or of coming about
  28. unnecessary
    not needed
  29. unpleasant
    disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
  30. pleasant
    being in harmony with your taste or likings
  31. reasonable
    showing sound judgment
  32. steady
    securely in position; not shaky
  33. successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
  34. tidy
    marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
  35. till
    work land as by ploughing to make it ready for cultivation
  36. upset
    cause to lose one's composure
  37. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  38. urge
    urge or force in an indicated direction
  39. urgent
    compelling immediate action
  40. useless
    having no beneficial utility
  41. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
  42. valley
    a long depression in the surface of the land
  43. valuable
    having worth or merit
  44. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
  45. variety
    a category of things distinguished by a common quality
  46. vary
    become different in some particular way
  47. varied
    characterized by diversity
  48. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  49. vehicle
    a conveyance that transports people or objects
  50. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  51. version
    something a little different from others of the same type
  52. vertical
    at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
  53. victim
    an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances
  54. victory
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  55. violence
    a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction
  56. violent
    acting with great force or energy or emotional intensity
  57. virtually
    in essence or in effect but not in fact
  58. virus
    infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts
  59. visible
    capable of being seen or open to easy view
  60. vision
    the ability to see
  61. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  62. vocabulary
    a language user's knowledge of words
  63. volume
    the property of something that is great in magnitude
  64. wage
    payment for work
  65. wake
    stop sleeping
  66. wander
    move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course
  67. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  68. weakness
    a flaw
  69. weapon
    any instrument used in fighting or hunting
  70. weather
    atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation
  71. weigh
    have a certain heft
  72. exclamation
    an abrupt excited utterance
  73. whisper
    speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
  74. whistle
    the sound made when someone forces breath through pursed lips
  75. willingness
    cheerful compliance
  76. wise
    having intelligence and discernment
  77. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
  78. witness
    someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  79. wonder
    the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  80. wonderful
    extraordinarily good or great
  81. worried
    afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble
  82. worship
    the activity of cherishing as divine
  83. wound
    an injury to living tissue
  84. youth
    a person who is not yet old
  85. zero
    the mathematical symbol 0 denoting absence of quantity
  86. zone
    an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts
Created on Mon Sep 02 12:16:36 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Sep 02 12:16:52 EDT 2013)

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