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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[طقوس] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[دبابيس] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[تفاؤلا] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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[الاستبداد] oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
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[تلكس] communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[التدقيق] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[ساب] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
secluded  Speak Example sentences
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[الجوفية] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[منعزل] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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[السيادة] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[تناسب] meant or adapted for an occasion or use
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[تلكأ] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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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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[الطبقة] a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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[السيادة] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
sophistication  Speak Example sentences
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[تنصل] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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[التطور] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[الاستبداد] oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
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[التدقيق] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[تنصل] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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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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[الطبقة] a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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[المتخصصة شبيك] particle; a tiny spot; stain
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[تلكأ] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[مقاوم] unaffected; incapable of being affected
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[الاشمئزاز] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[القرفصاء] stocky; short and thick; low and broad
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[خنق] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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[وان] having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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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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[ساب] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
stratum  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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[بدائية] reddish color; healthy-looking
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[الحارس] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[الطبقة] a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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[حكيم] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[عديمي الضمير] unprincipled; lacking honesty
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[الجوفية] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[مرعبة القش] house roof made with a plant material