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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[شال] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[شونر] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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[التأنيب] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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[قائظ] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[عابس] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[بمنأى] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[التقييدية] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
retroactive  Speak Example sentences
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[التأنيب] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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[هائلة] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[المستمر] continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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[بأثر رجعي] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[المستمر] continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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[بسالة] bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
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[مقززة] one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
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[السيادة] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
rinse  Speak Example sentences
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[غير منحازة دون انقطاع] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[احباط] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[شطف] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[بمنأى] intact; not mentioned; not touched
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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[جزاء] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[المتأبه] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[كسل] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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[جورب التماس] act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal
shawl  Speak Example sentences
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[القبائل] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
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[شال] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[الرغم] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[التأنيب] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
sloping  Speak Example sentences
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[المنحدرة] slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
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[شونر] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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[ساب] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[أمر] something which is written; writing; scripture
slump  Speak Example sentences
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[الطرح] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
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[لرد] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[انخفاض] sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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[لا يرحم] typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
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[الطرح] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
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[غير منحازة دون انقطاع] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[طعنة] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[إبريق الشاي] pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle