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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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[متناظرة] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[بمادة] frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
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[حكمة] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[اختصار] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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[استعادة] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[احباط] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[يسخر] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
shroud  Speak Example sentences
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[المسكن] apartment barely meeting minimal standards
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[الدمدمة] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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[كفن] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
sip  Speak Example sentences
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[شراب] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[استعادة] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[أعقاب] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[رشفة] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
sophistication  Speak Example sentences
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[مقاوم] unaffected; incapable of being affected
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[التطور] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[حكمة] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[لمس] concerning; relating to; with respect to
speck  Speak Example sentences
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[المتخصصة شبيك] particle; a tiny spot; stain
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[التطور] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[صارخ] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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[مقاوم] unaffected; incapable of being affected
stature  Speak Example sentences
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[في جميع أنحاء العالم] global; universal; throughout the world
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[مكانة] height; status; high level of respect
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[حقيقية] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[كفن] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
syrup  Speak Example sentences
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[طاغية] absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
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[شراب] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[الدمدمة] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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[مقاوم] unaffected; incapable of being affected
taunt  Speak Example sentences
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[زائفة] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[التهكم] reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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[المسكن] apartment barely meeting minimal standards
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[التطور] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
theology  Speak Example sentences
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[نصير] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[غمد] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[كمة] military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
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[اللاهوت] science of God or religion