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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[القذارة] foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
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[الرباط] delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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[الملابس] any article of clothing, as coat or gown
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[مأزق] predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
diplomatic  Speak Example sentences
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[الدبلوماسي] relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others
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[عائق] disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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[فرن] enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
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[مدى] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
doom  Speak Example sentences
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[الرضيع] child in the first period of life; young babe
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[استبعاد] stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
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[عائق] disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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[الموت] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
dreary  Speak Example sentences
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[الدرامي الدروباك] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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[الخارجية] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[الموت] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
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[وهج] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
exile  Speak Example sentences
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[منفى] force separation from one's native country
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[فرن] enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
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[هائلة] emulation; copying the actions of someone else
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[مضايقة] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
expand  Speak Example sentences
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[توسعات] become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
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[تحزن] cause to be sorrowful; distress
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[الدبلوماسي] relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others
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[الأفق] the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; a range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
extent  Speak Example sentences
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[مدى] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
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[المعارض] formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university
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[التصرف] get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
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[عبوس] look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
external  Speak Example sentences
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[الخارجية] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[هائلة] supply with light; illuminate, as the sun enlightens the earth; make clear to the intellect; inform or instruct
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[منفى] force separation from one's native country
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[الملابس] any article of clothing, as coat or gown
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[المعدية] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[اقتراحات] response to an inquiry or experiment
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[إنسايت] understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
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[الموت] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
flexible  Speak Example sentences
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[القذارة] foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
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[مضايقة] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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[عبوس] look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
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[المرن] pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable