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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[كسل] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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[لرد] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[الرؤية] produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
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[مثقال ذرة] the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
resilience  Speak Example sentences
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[تك] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[جمود] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[متعجرف كمين] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
rotary  Speak Example sentences
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[الروتاري] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
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[لا مبرر له] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[حكمة] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[تك] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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[عاقل] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[حكمة] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[جمود] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[استعادة] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[سلبية] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[هزيلة] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
snare  Speak Example sentences
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[هزيلة] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[متعجرف كمين] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[توضيح] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
sojourn  Speak Example sentences
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[الإقامة] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[تأتأة] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[الايقاعي] recurring with measured regularity
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[التقييدية] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
staple  Speak Example sentences
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[تلكأ] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[لا مبرر له] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[التقييدية] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[الأساسية] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
stifle  Speak Example sentences
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[خنق] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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[جانبية] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[استعادة] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[محيا] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
tack  Speak Example sentences
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[تك] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[هزيلة] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[محيا] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[عاقل] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound