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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rigid  Speak Example sentences
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[محاصرہ] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[کٹھور] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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[ٹرانزٹ] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
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[اندوشواس] excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
rumour  Speak Example sentences
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[سپیکٹرم] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[جذباتی] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[افواہ] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[ٹرانزٹ] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
spectacle  Speak Example sentences
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[زبانی] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[منظر] an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval
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[نقل] reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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[ديکھا گيا] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
spiral  Speak Example sentences
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[گلا گھونٹنا] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[خالی] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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[سرپل] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[سپیکٹرم] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
stride  Speak Example sentences
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[علاقائی] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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[مسافت] step; pace; significant progress
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[بیچینی] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[ديکھا گيا] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
sufficient  Speak Example sentences
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[غدار] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[جذباتی] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[منظر] an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval
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[کافی] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
tactic  Speak Example sentences
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[] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[شفاف] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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[سٹیشنری] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
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[حربہ] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
tedious  Speak Example sentences
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[ديکھا گيا] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
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[افواہ] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[سپیکٹرم] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[تکاؤ] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
territorial  Speak Example sentences
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[معطل] temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
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[ٹیوٹر] guide; give individual instruction
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[ديکھا گيا] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
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[علاقائی] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
traitor  Speak Example sentences
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[پڑے] fall as if collapsing;  fall quickly and without control
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[غدار] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[ٹکسالی] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
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[گلا گھونٹنا] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion