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LET'S REARRANGE THE FOLLOWING WORDS INTO  FIVE GROUPS BRINGING TOGETHER THOSE WHICH ARE SIMILAR OR RELATED IN MEANING.

The words are in alphabetical order: accident, air, announcement, authority, bulletin, calamity, control,communication,disaster,ditty,domination,flat,hotel,house,influence,lodging,message,melody,misfortune,notice,power,residence,song,trouble,time. 

AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH A FIVE-WORD GROUP IS: outlook, view, scene, prospect, vista

accident= a car accident

air=breathe air

announcement=informs people about something

authority=give orders to people

bulletin=short news report

calamity=great damage to people's lives or property

control=the power to make decisions about how a country an area is run

communication=expressing ideas or giving information

disaster=a flood, a fire  an accident which causes a great damage

ditty=a short simple song

domination=control over somebody in an unpleasant way

flat=a number of rooms in a building

hotel=a place people stay for a short time and pay for their meals 

house= a building people live in

influence=the effect that somebody or something has on the way people think or behave

lodging=a room to stay and all meals provided

message=a written or spoken piece of information  we send to people

melody=the main tune in a piece of music

misfortune=bad luck

notice=to see or hear somebody or something

power=the ability to control people and things

residence=a house

song=a short piece of music

trouble=problem,worry,difficulty

time=minutes, seconds and hours