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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repugnance  Speak Example sentences
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[تجتاح] extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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[الملون] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[الزلزال] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[لرد] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[متعرج] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[تبلد] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[متاجر التجزئة] a company which sells goods
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[اللاهوت] science of God or religion
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[لون] color; dye with a color
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[تبلد] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
satellite  Speak Example sentences
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[آمن] in a manner free from fear or risk
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[الباسلة] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[القنوات الفضائية] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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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
sideways  Speak Example sentences
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[تبلد] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
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[جانبية] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[رفاه تاجر تجزئة] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[السيادة] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[متعرج] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[غمد] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
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[أمر] something which is written; writing; scripture
sordid  Speak Example sentences
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[السيادة] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[لون] color; dye with a color
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[يشق] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[متعجرف كمين] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
spell  Speak Example sentences
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[جانبية] with the side forward; to or from a side
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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
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[يشق] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[توضيح] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
stained  Speak Example sentences
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[شل] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[الباسلة] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[الملون] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
stifle  Speak Example sentences
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[سلبية] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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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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[أمر] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[خنق] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide