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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[محمية] protected from danger or bad weather
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[المعدة] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[لرد] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[الفرع] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
reverent  Speak Example sentences
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[جرد كاهنا من ثوبه] sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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[السيادة] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[بأثر رجعي الموقر] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[تأخر] late; delayed; moving slowly
sage  Speak Example sentences
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[سقالة] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[الفرع] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[حكيم] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
scaffold  Speak Example sentences
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[حقيقية] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[المعدة] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[سقالة] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
swelling  Speak Example sentences
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[تحقق] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
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[المعدة] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[جرار] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[تورم] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
symbolism  Speak Example sentences
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[لرد] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[حقيقية] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[رمزية] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
sympathize  Speak Example sentences
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[متناظرة] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[الدنيوية غضب] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[يتعاطفون] be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
tardy  Speak Example sentences
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[مرعبة القش] house roof made with a plant material
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[جرار] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[سقالة] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[تأخر] late; delayed; moving slowly
temporal  Speak Example sentences
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[سقالة] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[الزلزالية] caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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[فخم] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
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[الزمنية] not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
thatch  Speak Example sentences
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[حكيم] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[اللاهوت] science of God or religion
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[تطعيم] perform or produce immunity
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[مرعبة القش] house roof made with a plant material