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 4000 CAE (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. بادج a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person


Spelling Word: badge
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n. منطادي leader of a dance band; a musician who leads a band of musicians


Spelling Word: bandleader
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n. درابزين handrail, especially on a staircase


Spelling Word: banister
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n. الشواء a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors


Spelling Word: barbecue
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a. جرداء desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


Spelling Word: barren
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v. التقليل disparage or depreciate; put down


Spelling Word: belittle
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v. نتوسل beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly


Spelling Word: beseech
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n. ابتزاز extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information


Spelling Word: blackmail
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a. المتضخمة swollen or puffed as with water or air


Spelling Word: bloated
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v. ترتد jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface


Spelling Word: bounce