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n. Syn. scarcity
(ندرة) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops


Spelling Word: dearth
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n.
(العقد) a group of ten, especially a period of ten years


Spelling Word: decade
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v. Syn. fool
(خداع) fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead


Spelling Word: deceive
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n.
(الدفاع) protection from harm


Spelling Word: defense
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a.
(طب الأسنان) of or relating to the teeth


Spelling Word: dental
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n.
(قطرها) length of straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference


Spelling Word: diameter
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a. Syn. terrible; dreadful
(كارثية) extremely bad; terrible; dreadful


Spelling Word: disastrous
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v.
(تجاهل) throw out something from one's hand; get rid of


Spelling Word: discard
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a.
(تبدد) unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure


Spelling Word: dissipated
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a. Syn. prominent; celebrated; eminent
(جديد) prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements


Spelling Word: distinguished