3500 ACT Vocabulary

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abrasive  Speak Example sentences
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(ثقة بالنفس) poise; self-confident assurance
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(بميل) turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
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(الزهد) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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(جلخ) rubbing away; tending to grind down
adjure  Speak Example sentences
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(الاستبدادية) expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
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(استحلف) appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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(طلل) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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(فتحة) opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
adorn  Speak Example sentences
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(البارع) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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(الاستبدادية) expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
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(بالإنسان) manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
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(الاستنزاف) gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
adventitious  Speak Example sentences
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(شذوذ) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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(ثراء) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
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(مساعد) something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
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(العارض) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
aggressive  Speak Example sentences
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(بارعون) expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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(جذابة) making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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(تأسل) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
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(البارع) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
altruistic  Speak Example sentences
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(الإيثار) unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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(تضخيم) broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
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(الفطنة) mental keenness; quickness of perception
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(تأسل) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
aperture  Speak Example sentences
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(فتحة) opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
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(تراكم) bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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(البارع) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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(الزراعي) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
append  Speak Example sentences
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(تجنب متعطشا) greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
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(استحلف) appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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(إلحاق) attach; add as supplement or appendix
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(الحكم) person with power to decide a dispute; judge
aquiline  Speak Example sentences
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(بالإنسان) manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
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(مساعد) something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
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(الزراعي) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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(معقوف) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
arbiter  Speak Example sentences
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(رائحة) fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
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(الإعجاب) favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
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(الحكم) person with power to decide a dispute; judge
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(تضخيم) broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase