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n. الهزل teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


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n. التوازن being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability


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a. الثرثرة portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.


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n. المزاح poet, especially lyric poet


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n. الشونة an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals


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n. البارومتر an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere


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a. شوكة الباروك complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape


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v. تعكر make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds


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n. الحموله huge creature; something enormous in size or power


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a. العدوانية warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative


Spelling Word: bellicose