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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recollection  Speak Example sentences
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[تذكر] memory; remembrance; the power of recalling ideas to the mind
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[مزعجة] annoying; causing a lot of problems for someone
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[شرارة] flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
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[الخصر] narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
recompense  Speak Example sentences
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[غروب الشمس] daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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[المسؤولية] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
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[جزاء] render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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[ساق] go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
refinement  Speak Example sentences
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[كمان] a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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[هجاء] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[الصفاء] the calmness of mind; quietness; stillness; peace
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[صقل] result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
reliance  Speak Example sentences
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[عالم] professor; a learned person
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[الاعتماد] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[شهادة] give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
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[تقريبا] approximately; more or less
satire  Speak Example sentences
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[هجاء] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[الرفض] state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
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[وير] articles of merchandise;  style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise
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[مزعجة] annoying; causing a lot of problems for someone
scarce  Speak Example sentences
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[ملعقة] a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
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[تألق] emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
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[صحية] relating to health or the protection of health
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[النادرة] hard to find; absent or rare; limited
secret  Speak Example sentences
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[سرية] something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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[الرفض] state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
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[الاعتماد] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[الحضرية المطلق] speak; express; send forth with the voice
simplicity  Speak Example sentences
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[البساطة] easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
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[هجاء] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[فحوى] continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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[المسؤولية] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
slightly  Speak Example sentences
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[وير] articles of merchandise;  style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise
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[الديك] adult male chicken
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[غير مستقرة] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
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[قليلا] a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree
spark  Speak Example sentences
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[هجاء] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[شرارة] flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
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[المسؤولية] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
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[إحياء] bringing again into activity and prominence