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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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linguistics  Speak Example sentences
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[قياس] one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
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[محفوفة بالمخاطر] full of, attended with or involving peril; dangerous; hazardous
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[لامع] giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having a brilliant surface
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[اللسانيات] humanistic study of language and literature
litter  Speak Example sentences
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[جرو] young dog; pup; doll; puppet
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[الرعاع] lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
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[القمامة] disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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[الرئاسة] office and function of the president; tenure of a president
manacle  Speak Example sentences
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[ما قبل التاريخ] ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
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[مجصص] brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression
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[غل] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[امكانيات] inherent capacity for coming into being; an aptitude that may be developed
offense  Speak Example sentences
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[جريمة] act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
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[حشرجة الموت الغراب] large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
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[غل] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[وثنية] one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
pagan  Speak Example sentences
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[وثنية] one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
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[الرعاع] lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
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[جريمة] act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
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[الحيرة] approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
participant  Speak Example sentences
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[يعجل متهور] extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
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[الطفيلية مشارك] people who take part in
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[أبهى] of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
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[سكانا] crowded; having a lot of people living there
perilous  Speak Example sentences
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[الإبرة] long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
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[مطولة] redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
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[انشغال] state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
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[محفوفة بالمخاطر] full of, attended with or involving peril; dangerous; hazardous
pompous  Speak Example sentences
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[أبهى] of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
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[لغز] baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
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[الإبرة] long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
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[جرو] young dog; pup; doll; puppet
populous  Speak Example sentences
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[انشغال] state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
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[غل] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[سكانا] crowded; having a lot of people living there
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[نيك] shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
prehistoric  Speak Example sentences
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[ما قبل التاريخ] ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
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[فرس] female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
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[جرو] young dog; pup; doll; puppet
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[الطفيلية مشارك] people who take part in