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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. [الكراك] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through


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v. [زحف] move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously


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n. [الوصف] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words


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v. [يصرف] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle


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n. [اقتصاد] efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; a specific type of economic system


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a. [خافت] lacking strength or vigor; weak


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a. [مدمرا] causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future


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n. [ألياف الشكل] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number


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n. [القيل والقال] rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions


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n. [جحيم] place of the dead, or souls after death where sinners suffer eternal punishment; any place of pain and turmoil


Spelling Word: hell