ESL ACT Vocabulary

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n. Syn. competition; contest
(التنافس) competition; the act of competing as for profit or a prize


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a. Syn. divine; consecrated; holy
(مقدسة) concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication


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n. Syn. sheath
(غمد) case for sword blade; sheath


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n.
(مفك) a hand tool for driving screws


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n.
(شحن) destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin


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n.
(جمجمة) bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates


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n. Syn. defamation
(القذف) defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone


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n.
(العشوائيات الفقيرة) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions


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a. Syn. bare; desolate
(صارخ) bare; complete or extreme


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(المحفزات) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action


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