3500 ACT Vocabulary

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abash  Speak Example sentences
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(العدوانية) feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising
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(يهرب) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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(خجل) embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
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(جريئة) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
abdicate  Speak Example sentences
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(الاستبدادية) expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
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(يتنازل) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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(حيلة) subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
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(تهدئة) ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
abscond  Speak Example sentences
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(حوليات) chronological record of the events of successive years
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(يهرب) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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(تهدئة) ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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(جريئة) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
abundantly  Speak Example sentences
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(تماما) in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
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(يهرب) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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(الاستنزاف) gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
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(تقييم) estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
acumen  Speak Example sentences
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(الفطنة) mental keenness; quickness of perception
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(العارض) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
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(الزهد) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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(تأقلم) accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
adept  Speak Example sentences
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(بارعون) expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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(متحرك) having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
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(جذب) draw to, or cause to tend to; engage or fix, as the mind, attention; invite or allure
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(ترفق) fasten; annex; be in contact with
allocate  Speak Example sentences
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(تهدئة) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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(معقوف) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
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(مناحل) place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
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(تخصيص) assign; distribute according to plan
amicable  Speak Example sentences
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(تحفيز) put into motion or action; activate
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(الهندسة المعمارية) art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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(دية) exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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(يهرب) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
anachronistic  Speak Example sentences
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(العارض) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
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(مسكن) having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time
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(متحرك) having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
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(الوصول) easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
apparition  Speak Example sentences
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(الظهور) ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
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(التحريض) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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(القاحلة) dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
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(الزينة) embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament