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 Group 3 - Spelling Practices
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/mə'lɪʃəs/ a. Syn. spiteful
(الخبيثة) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred


Spelling Word: malicious
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/mi:dɪ'oʊkə(r)/ a. Syn. ordinary; commonplace; average
(متوسط) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace


Spelling Word: mediocre
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/mɛrɪ'trɪʃəs/ a.
(ميريديان) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading


Spelling Word: meretricious
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/'maɪkrəkɒz(ə)m/ n.
(مصغرة) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something


Spelling Word: microcosm
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/'mɪsənθroʊp/ n.
(عدو الانسان) one who hates or mistrusts mankind


Spelling Word: misanthrope
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/nə'stældʒə/ n. Syn. homesickness
(حنين) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.


Spelling Word: nostalgia
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/ə'blɪvɪən/ n. Syn. amnesty
(النسيان) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty


Spelling Word: oblivion
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/əb'tru:d/ v.
(تطفل) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude


Spelling Word: obtrude
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/'ɒstrəsaɪz/ v. Syn. ban
(نبذ) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote


Spelling Word: ostracize
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/'pærəfreɪz/ v. Syn. restate; reword
(إعادة صياغة) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others


Spelling Word: paraphrase