3500 ACT Vocabulary

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tempestuous  Speak Example sentences
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(عاصفة) very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
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(شفافة) easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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(overtire weaverbird) finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
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(الطوباوية) idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
tenderness  Speak Example sentences
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(غير مستغلة الترقية) raise to a higher grade or standard; advance
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(غريب) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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(عاصفة) very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
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(الرقة) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
thatch  Speak Example sentences
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(مرعبة القش) house roof made with a plant material
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(الرقة) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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(مقبب) having a hemispherical vault or dome
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(تعثر) fall down, as if collapsing
toady  Speak Example sentences
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(متملقا) person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
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(الطوباوية) idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
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(التنازل) give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
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(بمادة) frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
torrid  Speak Example sentences
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(نسيج) rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric
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(عطلات) leisure time away from work; act of making something legally void
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(صاخبة) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
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(حار) passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
treason  Speak Example sentences
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(غربلة) blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
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(الخيانة) disloyalty; betrayal of trust or confidence
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(فطم) gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
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(متعرج) marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
unearth  Speak Example sentences
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(كشف) bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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(احباط) hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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(دون قصد) not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
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(لا يسبر غوره) strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy
upgrade  Speak Example sentences
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(غير مستغلة الترقية) raise to a higher grade or standard; advance
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(بمادة) frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
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(مزوح) witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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(مرعبة القش) house roof made with a plant material
versatile  Speak Example sentences
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(تنوعا) having many talents; capable of working in many fields
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(الوشل) flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
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(متعرج) enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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(الوصاية) capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
vilify  Speak Example sentences
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(مزوح) witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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(لا يسبر غوره) strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy
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(ذم) debase; degrade; spread negative information about
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(overtire weaverbird) finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests