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abacus
n. اكتسبت manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
abase
v. حقر humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
abash
v. خجل embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
abate
v. تهدأ subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
abbreviate
v. اختصار make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
abbreviation
n. اختصار shortening something by omitting parts of it
abdicate
v. يتنازل give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
aberrant
n. الشاذة abnormal;  markedly different from an accepted norm
abet
v. التحريض aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
abeyance
n. معلقا suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
abhor
v. نمقت fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
abjure
v. تتخلى renounce upon oath; abandon forever
ablaze
a. النار burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited; resembling flame in brilliance or color
ablution
n. الوضوء washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
abnegate
v. انكر give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
abnegation
n. الزهد repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
abode
n. البطن act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
abolish
v. إلغاء cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
abolitionist
n. ملغاة a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
abominable
a. البغيضة detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
aboriginal
a. السكان الأصليين being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
abortive
a. فاشلة unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
abound
v. تكثر be full of; be plentiful
abrade
v. كشط wear away by friction; scrape; erode
abrasion
n. كشط scratch; friction; the process of rubbing away the surface of something
abridge
v. اختزال condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
abrogate
a. تلغي abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
abrupt
a. مفاجئ broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
abscond
v. يهرب leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
absorb
v. استيعاب assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
abstain
v. الامتناع refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
abstemious
a. معتدل sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
abstruse
a. صعب obscure; profound; difficult to understand
absurdity
n. تعويذة quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; logical contradiction
abundant
a. فيرة plentiful; possessing riches or resources
abut
v. تتاخم border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
abysmal
a. بالضعف bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
academician
n. أكاديمي a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
accede
v. الانضمام agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede
accentuate
v. إبراز emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
accessibility
n. سهولة الوصول the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
accessory
n. الكماليات additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
acclaim
v. اشادة applaud; announce with great approval
acclimate
v. تأقلم accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
acclivity
n. حدب upward slope, as of hill
accolade
n. الجائزة award of merit; expression of approval; praise
accompaniment
n. المرافق act of accompanying someone or something
accompanying
a. المرافق attendant; appearing or going with someone or something else
accomplishment
n. الإنجاز achievement; fulfillment; something that is successful
accordion
n. الأكورديون a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard
accost
v. شريك approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
accouter
v. الاتفاق equip; provide with military equipment
accredit
v. اعتماد authorize; commission; give credit for
accretion
n. فاتح growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
accrue
v. يجهز increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
accumulate
v. معدومة pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
accuse
v. يتهمون blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
acerbity
n. تراكم the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
acetic
a. تتراكم having properties of vinegar; sour
acidulous
a. الحده slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
acorn
n. عبثية fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
acoustics
n. الخليك الاعتراف science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
acquiesce
v. ذروة assent; agree without protesting
acquisition
n. امتلاك act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
acrid
a. الحصول على unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
acrimonious
a. تبرئة اذعة bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
acronym
n. اختصار an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something
acrophobia
n. رهاب المرتفعات fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
actuarial
a. الاكتوارية calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
actuate
v. تحفيز put into motion or action; activate
acuity
n. حدة sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
acumen
n. الفطنة mental keenness; quickness of perception
adage
n. القول المأثور wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom
adaptable
a. تكيف flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use
addendum
n. إضافة something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
addict
v. المدمن cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
addictive
a. إضافية something you cannot stop taking once you have started
addle
v. مشوش muddle; drive crazy; become confused
adept
a. بارعون expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
adherent
n. جمالية a person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
adjacent
a. التقيد المجاورة adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
adjoin
v. تجاور be next to; be contiguous to; border on
adjudicate
v. فصل hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
adjunct
n. مساعد something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
adjure
v. استحلف appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
adjust
v. توفق change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
admonish
v. توجيه اللوم warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
admonition
n. موعظة gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
adobe
n. أدوبي clay; brick; sun-dried brick; structure built with this type of brick
adolescent
n. مراهقين a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
adopt
v. نعلن تبني accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
adoption
n. اعتماد act of accepting with approval
adoration
n. العشق act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
adorn
v. البارع enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
adornment
n. الزينة embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament
adroit
a. قمة البارع skillful and adept under pressing conditions
adulation
n. تزين التملق excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
adulterate
v. تزييفها make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
adumbrate
v. طلل give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
advent
n. مجيء coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
adventitious
a. العارض accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
advocacy
n. الدعوة support; active pleading on behalf of something
aerie
n. الجمالية nest of a bird, such as an eagle, built on a cliff or other high place
affable
a. وكر نسر اجتماعي easily approachable; warmly friendly
affiliate
v. انضم associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
affinity
n. تقارب natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
affirm
v. يؤكدان state something as true; assert; confirm
affirmation
n. تأكيد positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
affix
v. يضعوا fasten; append; add on; secure to something
affliction
n. فتنة cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
affluence
n. الوفرة abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
affordable
a. متناول able to pay for
affront
n. إهانة insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
aftermath
n. أعقاب outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune
agglomeration
n. تجمع collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
aggrandize
v. كبر increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
aggravate
v. تفاقم worsen; make worse or more troublesome
aggregate
v. مجموع gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
aggregation
n. تجميع several things grouped together or considered as a whole
aghast
a. مذعور struck by shock, terror, or amazement
agility
n. رشاقة mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
agitate
v. تحريض cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
agitation
n. التحريض anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
agnostic
n. الزراعي one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
agrarian
a. تمسكا الزراعي pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
ailment
n. مرض sickness;a slight but often persistent illness 
air
v. عذاب الهواء be broadcast on television or radio
airborne
a. الجو aloft; flying; in the air
alacrity
n. الملحد الهمة cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
alchemy
n. الكيمياء medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
alcove
n. الكوة nook; small, recessed section of a room
algorithm
n. خوارزمية established procedure for solving problem
alignment
n. المحاذاة arrangement; association; alliance
alimentary
a. الغذائية providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
alkali
n. الحساسية soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
allay
v. تهدئة calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
allegation
n. ادعاء suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
allege
v. يزعم state without proof; assert to be true
allegory
n. الرمز symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
alliteration
n. الجناس repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
allocate
v. تخصيص assign; distribute according to plan
alloy
v. سبائك combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
allude
v. يلمح refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
allure
v. جاذبية attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
allurement
n. بالإغراءات temptation; enticement; any real or apparent good held forth or operating, as a motive to action
allusion
n. اشارة indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
ally
n. حليف confederate; partner; collaborator
aloft
ad. عاليا in or into a high place; high or higher up
aloof
a. بمعزل apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
alteration
n. تغيير a passage from one form or state to another; change
altruistic
a. الإيثار unselfishly generous; concerned for others
amalgamate
v. دمج combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy metal with mercury
amass
v. جمع collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
amaze
v. تدهش astonish; affect with wonder
amazing
a. مذهلة awesome; astounding; surprising
ambidextrous
a. ضبطاء capable of using either hand with equal ease
ambience
n. اجواء particular environment or surrounding influence; an atmosphere of the environment
ambiguity
n. الغموض state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
ambiguous
a. غامضة unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambition
n. طموح aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
ambitious
a. طموح aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
ambivalence
n. التناقض state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
ambivalent
a. متناقضة mixed;  experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
amble
n. المتنقلة moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
ambulatory
a. المتنقلة able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
ameliorate
v. التمهل تحسين make or become better; improve; grow better
amenable
a. قابلة responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
amend
v. تعديل change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
amendment
n. تعديل a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision
amenities
n. المرافق convenient features; courtesies
amenity
n. بنباتات pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
amiable
a. ودية good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
amicable
a. دية exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
amity
n. الصداقة friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
amorous
a. غرامي moved by sexual love; loving
amorphous
a. متبلور formless; lacking shape or definition
amphibian
a. البرمائيات able to live both on land and in water
amphitheater
n. المدرج oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
amplification
n. التضخيم addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
amplify
v. تضخيم broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
amputate
v. بتر cut off part of the body, especially by surgery; prune
anachronistic
a. مسكن having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
analgesic
a. مسكن serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
analogous
a. مفارقة تاريخية مماثلة comparable; similar or alike
analyze
v. تحليل diagnose; study, or examine something in detail to discover more about it
anarchist
n. فوضوية a person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
anathema
n. لعنة solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
anatomy
n. تشريح detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
ancestral
a. القصصية inherited or inheritable by established rules
ancestry
n. أصول family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
ancillary
a. المساعدة serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
anguished
a. نتألم experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish
angular
a. الزاوي sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
animus
n. العداء the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition
annals
n. حوليات a chronological record of the events of successive years
annex
v. مرفق append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
annihilate
v. إبادة destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
annotate
v. تعليم comment; make explanatory notes
annoying
a. مزعج bothersome; troublesome; irritating
annuity
n. الأقساط annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
annul
v. الغاء make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
anodyne
n. المسكنة source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
anoint
v. أدهن apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.
anomalous
a. شذوذ deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
antagonism
n. العداء active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
antecede
v. اسبق precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
antecedents
n. السوابق preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
antedate
v. أسبق be earlier in time; go back further
antediluvian
a. عتيق antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
anthology
n. مختارات book of literary selections by various authors
anthropocentric
a. بالإنسان regarding human beings as the center of the universe
anthropoid
a. بالإنسان manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
anthropomorphic
a. مجسم having human form or characteristics
antibiotic
n. المضادات الحيوية any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms
anticipate
v. بتوقع act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
anticlimax
n. خيبة أمل the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
antipathy
n. الكراهية strong feeling of aversion; dislike
antique
n. عتيق any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
antithesis
n. نقيض contrast; direct contrast; opposition
antler
n. قرن الوعل entire horn, or any branch of the horn
anvil
n. سندان a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering
apathetic
a. مبالية feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
apathy
n. اللامبالاة lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
aperitif
n. فاتح للشهية alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
aperture
n. فتحة opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
apex
n. قمة highest point; vertex; summit; climax
aphasia
n. حبسة loss of speech due to injury or illness
aphorism
n. حكمة definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
apiary
n. مناحل a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
aplomb
n. ثقة بالنفس poise; self-confident assurance
apocryphal
a. ملفق untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
apogee
n. المروع الأوج the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
apolitical
a. سياسية having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
apologetic
a. ولي offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
apologist
n. المدافع a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution
apologize
v. الاعتذار beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
apostate
n. المرتد one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
apostrophe
n. الفاصلة text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
apotheosis
n. تألي�� elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
appall
v. فزع depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
apparition
n. الظهور ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
appeal
n. اعتذاري نداء attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
appealing
a. جذابة attractive or interesting; charming
appellation
n. تسمية name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
append
v. إلحاق attach; add as supplement or appendix
appendage
n. ملحق something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
appetite
n. الشهية : يقلل instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
applaud
v. دورية نشيد acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
applicable
a. ينطبق capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
applicant
n. مقدم الطلب candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job
application
n. تط��يق close attention; work of applying something; verbal or written request for assistance
appoint
v. يعين designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
apposite
a. محله strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
appraisal
n. التقييم الشاملان assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
appraise
v. تقييم estimate value of; evaluate, especially in an official capacity
appreciable
a. ملموس large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
appreciate
v. نقدر be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
apprehension
n. القبض fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; the act of seizing or capturing; understanding
apprehensive
a. تخوف capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible or perceptive
apprenticeship
n. التدريب المهني the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
apprise
v. يطلع inform; give notice to; make aware
approach
n. المنهج a way of considering or doing something
approbation
n. استحسان expression of warm approval; praise
appropriate
v. المناسبة acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
approximate
v. الرابطة come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
approximately
ad. الموافقة على حوالي very similarly; roughly
apropos
a. بالمناسبة with reference or regard; in respect
aquatic
a. معقوف consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
aquiline
a. معقوف curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
arable
a. المائية الصالحة للزراعة fit for growing crops, as by plowing
arbiter
n. الحكم person with power to decide a dispute; judge
arboreal
a. الأثرية tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees
arboretum
n. المشتل a place where different tree varieties are exhibited
arc
n. القوس the continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape
arcane
a. غامضة secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
archaeology
n. علم الآثار study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
archaic
a. قديمة no longer current or applicable; antiquated
archetype
n. ركبه prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
archipelago
n. أرخبيل group of closely located islands
ardent
a. شاقة displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
arduous
a. شاقة demanding great effort or labor; difficult
arid
a. القاحلة dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
aristocracy
n. الأرستقراطية hereditary nobility; privileged class
aristocrat
n. الأرستقراطي one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
arithmetic
n. حسابي theory of numerical calculations
armada
n. أرمادا a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
armory
n. ترسانة arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
aromatic
a. العطرية fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
arousal
n. الإثارة act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
arraign
v. استجاب officially charge someone in a court of law
arrangement
n. الترتيب composition; a plan for how something will happen
arrears
n. المتأخرات being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
arrogate
v. تنتح�� claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
arroyo
n. المتغطرسة ارويو deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
artifice
n. حيلة subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
artisan
n. الحرفيين manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist
artless
a. جاهل free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
ascend
v. يصعد move up or climb something; mount
ascendancy
n. صعود superiority or decisive advantage; domination
ascent
n. الصعود upward slope or grade; movement upward
ascetic
a. التقشف leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
ascribe
v. صقه inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
aseptic
a. العقيم preventing infection; having cleansing effect
ashen
a. الرمادية ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
asinine
a. أبله utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
askance
a. بارتياب with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
askew
ad. بميل turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
asperity
n. الحده the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
asphyxiate
v. خنق deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate
aspirant
n. الطامحة one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
aspiration
n. طموح ambition; something that you hope to achieve
assail
v. يهاجم assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
assault
n. الاعتداء a violent attack; an onslaught
assay
v. فحص analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to the test
assemblage
n. تجميع a group of persons together in one place
assent
v. موافقة express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
assert
v. تأكيد declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
assertive
a. أكدت positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
assess
v. قياس الأداء estimate  value; judge worth of something
assessment
n. التقييم act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
assiduous
a. مجتهد constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
assimilate
v. استيعاب incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
assistance
n. المساعدة help, especially money or resources that are given to people  
assuage
v. تهدئة ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
assuredly
ad. بالتأكيد in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
astigmatism
n. الاستجماتيزم eye defect that prevents proper focus
astonished
a. دهش amazed; very surprised
astound
v. أذهل affect with wonder; surprise; shock
astringent
a. الشاعر causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
astronomer
n. مذهل الفلكي a physicist who studies astronomy
astronomy
n. علم الفلك branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
asunder
ad. اربا into separate parts or pieces; apart
asymmetric
a. غير المتماثلة not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
atavism
n. تأسل resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations
atavistic
a. الإلحادية displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
atheistic
a. تشريح denying existence of God; godless
athletics
n. ألعاب القوي art of training by athletic exercises; games and sports of athletes
atmosphere
n. جو air; a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet
atom
n. ذرية a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
atrocity
n. فظاعة brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
atrophy
n. ضمور wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
attachment
n. مرفق a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard; supplementary part; accessory
attain
v. منتبهة achieve or accomplish; gain
attainment
n. تحقيق something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement
attend
v. حضور be present at; go to; take care of; tend
attendance
n. الحضور act of being present
attendant
n. يصاحب aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
attention
n. اهتمام act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought
attenuate
v. تحقيق تخفيف make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen the density of
attire
n. ملابس clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; dress
attraction
n. الجذب appeal; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
attractive
a. حجية appealing; pleasing; inviting; tempting
attribute
n. سمة essential quality; reputation; honor
attribute
v. سمة relate to particular cause or source; ascribe; explain
attrition
n. الاستنزاف a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment
atypical
a. شاذة not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
audacious
a. جريئة fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
auditorium
n. القاعة area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
auditory
a. السمعية of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
auger
n. اوجير hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
augment
v. زيادة make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
augury
n. بشارة sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
aureole
n. الهاله the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
auroral
a. الشفق characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
auspicious
a. الميمون attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
austere
a. التقشف strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
authenticate
v. مصادقة prove genuine; establish authenticity of
authoritarian
a. الاستبدادية expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
authoritative
a. حجية weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
autobiography
n. السيرة الذاتية biography or story written by yourself
autocrat
n. المستبد dictator; ruler having unlimited power
autocratic
a. الاستبدادية having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
automaton
n. إنسان the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
autonomous
a. تشريح self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
autonomy
n. الإستقلالية independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
available
a. متاحة convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible
avant-garde
n. الآلي الطليعي radically new or original; cutting edge
avarice
n. جشع greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain
aver
v. جزم declare to be true; affirm
averse
a. نوره ولو كره الكافرون reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
aviary
n. عقولة منتبهة large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
avid
a. تجنب متعطشا greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
avocation
n. هواية activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
avow
v. يعترفوا declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
avowal
n. مظلة open declaration; frank acknowledgment
avuncular
a. عمي in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
awkward
a. محرجا difficult to handle or manage
awning
n. مظلة roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
awry
ad. منحرف in a position that is turned toward one side; away from the correct course
axiom
n. اكسيوم self-evident truth requiring no proof
axle
n. اعتراف المحور pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
azure
a. الثرثرة sky blue; light purplish-blue