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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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edifice  Speak Example sentences
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[الصرح] the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
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[الإشباع] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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[الحالي] imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
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[السمكية] business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
exhaust  Speak Example sentences
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[الكآبة] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
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[جولي] be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
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[العادم] wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
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[جنين] completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
falcon  Speak Example sentences
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[رمزي] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[الصقر] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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[وقح] improperly forward or bold; rude
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[تطويق] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
fell  Speak Example sentences
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[يبطل] make invalid; nullify; destroy
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[نظرات] fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment
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[سقطت] capable of destroying; lethal
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[الكآبة] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
flora  Speak Example sentences
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[موهبة] clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
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[النباتات] plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
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[الضارة] harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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[راقب] watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
galley  Speak Example sentences
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[المبارزة] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[تطويق] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[الدفعة] monthly payment; a part of a published serial
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[المطبخ] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
gentry  Speak Example sentences
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[نبلاء] the most powerful members of society
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[لا يمكن تفسيره] not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
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[تطويق] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[الصرح] the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
grasp  Speak Example sentences
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[غرس غريزي] as a matter of instinct or nature
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[إدراك] ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
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[الصقر] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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[جولي] be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
heroism  Speak Example sentences
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[موهبة] clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
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[الإشباع] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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[الصوف] rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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[بطولة] bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
impenetrable  Speak Example sentences
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[منيع] not able to be entered; beyond understanding
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[سقطت] capable of destroying; lethal
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[العادم] wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
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[حائل] pour something down or forth; greet or acclaim enthusiastically