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misnomer  Speak Example sentences
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(مغلوط) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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(مفارقة) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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(الضارة) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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(الادخار المؤقت) temporary; provided for present need only
mottled  Speak Example sentences
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(موتلي) spotted with different shades or colors
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(ألخص) summarize; repeat in concise form
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(استعلام) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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(تطفل) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
ostracize  Speak Example sentences
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(هدم) destroy completely; scrape or shave off
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(نبذ) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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(الليلي) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
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(الظاهر) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
paradox  Speak Example sentences
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(المحتضرة) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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(الادخار المؤقت) temporary; provided for present need only
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(الضارة) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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(مفارقة) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
pecuniary  Speak Example sentences
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(المتبادل) concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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(مالية) relating to money; requiring payment of money
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(محاكاة ساخرة) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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(وقت الاختبار) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof
predilection  Speak Example sentences
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(ميل) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
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(ألخص) summarize; repeat in concise form
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(المحتضرة) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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(المماطلة) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
promulgate  Speak Example sentences
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(مستعار) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(القصاص) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
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(العتيقة) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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(نشر) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication
provisional  Speak Example sentences
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(مغلوط) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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(هدم) destroy completely; scrape or shave off
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(تطفل) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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(الادخار المؤقت) temporary; provided for present need only
pseudonym  Speak Example sentences
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(الليلي) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
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(مستعار) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(محفوفة بالمخاطر) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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(متحذلق) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
querulous  Speak Example sentences
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(الضارة) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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(استعلام) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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(مجددا) say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
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(المحتضرة) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent