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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dogma  Speak Example sentences
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[عقيدة] a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
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[مرح] good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
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[المسعى] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[جدا] in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
eulogy  Speak Example sentences
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[ايدرك] impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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[مديح] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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[تمرد] rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
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[الطفولة] babyhood; the time when someone is a baby or a very young child
forage  Speak Example sentences
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[بيت] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
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[العلف] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[بطولة] bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
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[لا رجعة فيه] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
gentry  Speak Example sentences
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[نبلاء] the most powerful members of society
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[ثابت] unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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[المبارزة] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[شيكة] close in time; about to occur; approaching
guilt  Speak Example sentences
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[لا رجعة فيه] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[جدا] in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
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[الذنب] state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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[ثابت] unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
hanger  Speak Example sentences
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[التناقض] state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
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[دفة] the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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[فرقاطة] originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
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[شماعات] one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; loop or strap by which something is hung
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[معهد] establish, organize, and set in operation
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[اعفاء] be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
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[تغمر] overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
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[القطيع] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
hiss  Speak Example sentences
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[بصمة] unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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[الذنب] state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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[وثنية] worship of idols; excessive admiration
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[همسة] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
immediately  Speak Example sentences
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[قطيع] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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[الوراثة] genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
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[وهمية على الفور] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[ضراوة] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
incredulity  Speak Example sentences
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[الوراثة] genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
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[قطيع] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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[المخطئين] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
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[غير مريح] disbelief; doubt about the truth of something