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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dominate  Speak Example sentences
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[الشروع] commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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[تمنع] restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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[تفاقم] increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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[تصبغ] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
downpour  Speak Example sentences
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[التجريبية] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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[إبادة] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[هطول الامطار] pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
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[تميز] make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely
empirical  Speak Example sentences
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[مغالطة] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[التجريبية] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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[مطاطة] springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
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[أبهج] cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
escalator  Speak Example sentences
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[المصعد] stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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[تصبغ] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[تنسيق] pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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[هطول الامطار] pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
extinguish  Speak Example sentences
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[المهماز] urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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[اطفاء] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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[تميز] make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely
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[المؤقتة] the time between one event, process; interval of time
fallacy  Speak Example sentences
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[المعطر] the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
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[تزدهر] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[مغالطة] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[تأوه] give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing
ferocious  Speak Example sentences
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[الخصبة] fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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[تزدهر] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[رتابة] lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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[المهماز] urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
flourish  Speak Example sentences
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[تزدهر] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[شرس] a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
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[تصبغ] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[التناقض] not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
goad  Speak Example sentences
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[إبادة] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[المهماز] urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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[الداخلية] within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or open water; interior
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[يتوقف] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
hinge  Speak Example sentences
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[يتوقف] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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[الوفاء على نحو كامل] fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
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[الرسم] chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
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[عدد لا يحصى من] change or alter by bringing in something new