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n. Syn. nut; core
(نواة) central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn


Spelling Word: kernel
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n.
(الرباط) delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets


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n.
(شخصا عاديا) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person


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a. Syn. profitable
(مربحة منخفضة) profitable; producing good profit


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(تشوه) wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body


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a. Syn. warlike
(عسكرية) relating to, or suggestive of war; connected with the armed forces


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n.
(شهيد) one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering


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n. Syn. tune
(لحن) tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing


Spelling Word: melody
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a. Syn. scrupulous; cautious
(الميتافيزيكيه الدقيقة) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details


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(مصغرة) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something


Spelling Word: microcosm