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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[السيادة] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[التقييدية] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[المراوغه] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[هزيلة] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
retroactive  Speak Example sentences
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[التسلل] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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[الغزل] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[المصارعة] sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
salient  Speak Example sentences
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[شطف] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[البارزة] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[المراوغه] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[الغزل] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[متغير] likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
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[هزيلة] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[البارزة] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[متناظرة] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
seasoned  Speak Example sentences
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[تلكس] communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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[خجول] shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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[زائفة] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[محنك] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
shuffle  Speak Example sentences
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[المتبقية] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[إلغاء] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[السيادة] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[المراوغه] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
slay  Speak Example sentences
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[الوحشي] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[المتبقية] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[اذبح] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
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[زائفة] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
sneak  Speak Example sentences
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[رزين] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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[التسلل] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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[السيادة] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[العمود الفقري] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
sovereign  Speak Example sentences
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[الخميرة] foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
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[تلكس] communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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[السيادة] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[اذبح] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[المصارعة] sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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[التقييدية] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[جدول] set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
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[الغزل] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling