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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[التعب] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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[ترنيمة] song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
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[معيبة] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
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[متنوعة] point or respect in which things differ; the difference
delay  Speak Example sentences
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[الحلوى] a dish served as the last course of a meal
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[تأخير] act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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[الأهليلجية] rounded like an egg; in shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
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[هال] the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
demolition  Speak Example sentences
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[هدم] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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[خيبة] feeling of dissatisfaction
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[استبعاد] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[تبتلع] absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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[عدو] move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
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[السابق] preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier
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[الاكتئاب] sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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[ممتاز] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
disappointment  Speak Example sentences
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[تشويه] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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[هال] the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
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[معان] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[خيبة] feeling of dissatisfaction
dramatize  Speak Example sentences
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[خيبة] feeling of dissatisfaction
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[حظا] lucky; bringing something good and unforeseen
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[الخيال] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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[تهويل] represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
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[معيبة] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
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[معان] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[عاجز] giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary
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[لا نهاية لها] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[جرعة] swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
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[معان] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[تبتلع] absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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[توزيع] act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
excellent  Speak Example sentences
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[تشويه] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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[ممتاز] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[الأهليلجية] rounded like an egg; in shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
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[معان] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
exciting  Speak Example sentences
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[الأدلة] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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[الدبلوماسية] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[الخيال] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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[مثيرة] creating or producing excitement