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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[زائفة] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[الخنازير] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[شراب] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
sanctuary  Speak Example sentences
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[المعلم] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[استياء] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[دوار] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[ملاذ] place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
sate  Speak Example sentences
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[تهكمي أشبع] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[سواس] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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[الأساسية] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
sensitivity  Speak Example sentences
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[نصير] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[الخنازير] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[غمد] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[الحساسية] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
stained  Speak Example sentences
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[تحقق] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
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[الملون] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[غمد] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[الخنازير] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
stalwart  Speak Example sentences
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[نصير] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[الملون] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[دوار] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
subsequently  Speak Example sentences
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[إبريق الشاي] pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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[مراوغ] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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[شراب] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[بعد] in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
subsistence  Speak Example sentences
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[سلالة] pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
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[استياء] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[الإقامة] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
subterranean  Speak Example sentences
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[حساسية] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[الجوفية] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[بقايا] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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[الأساسية] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
swelling  Speak Example sentences
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[جانبية] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[تورم] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
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[غمد] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[شراب] a thick sweet sticky liquid