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English Vocabulary

TermDefinitionArabic
Pounding Act of hitting something دق، هرس
Temple the flat area on each side of your head in front of the top of your ear صدغ
Reassure to comfort someone and stop them from worrying: يطمئن شخصًا، يطمّن شخصًا
Frantically In a panicked way باهتياج، بشكل مجنون
Hastily Too quickly بتسرُّع
Ornately with decoration adorned بشكل مزخرَف، بشكل منمَّق، بشكل مزوَّق
Expense Cost تكلفة، كلفة
Articulate able to express ideas and feelings clearly in words واضح، جليّ
Shrilly in a way that is loud, high, and unpleasant or painful to listen to بصوت حادّ - بإصرار مزعج
hairline fracture (of cracks or lines) very narrow حد شعر الرأس
Embolden Give courage to يُشجّع، يُحمّس، يَحُث
Cocky confident in an annoying way متعجرف، مغرور، معتدّ بنفسه
Certainty a fact that you are completely sure about تيقن، يقين، ثقة
Creed a set of beliefs, especially religious beliefs, that influence your life عقيدة، معتقَد
Abolition the fact of ending a law or system إلغاء، فسخ، إبطال
Cult a religious group, often living together, طائفة دينية
transcendent greater, better, more important, or going past or above all others سامي، متسامي
Renounce Give up يتخلّى عن شيء
Controversy Public debate مسألة جدلية
Contest to compete for something or to try to win it صراع، نزاع
Coworker someone who works with you and has a similar position زميل عمل
Gentrification Make a person more polite تهذيب
Crave to want something very much يَتوق إلى / يَحِنّ إلى
Discernment the ability to judge people and things well فطنة، تمييز، قوة تمييز
inadequate not sufficient for the purpose; not enough غير كافٍ
Embankment a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area السد
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