Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Vocab Reading Passage
Vocab Reading Passage
THE IN
HOME ARABI
WORK C
8 startlingly: causing a startling discovery بشكل
momentary fright, مذهل
surprise, or
astonishment
10 moisture: liquid diffused These flowers grow best with رطوبة
or condensed in moisture and shade.
relatively small quantity
13 rustling: to make or The trees rustled in the wind. حفيف,
cause a rustle
15 apprehension: suspicion an atmosphere of nervous إدراك
or fear especially of apprehension
future evil :
FOREBODING
13 reminisce: to indulge in When relatives reminisce about حكى
reminiscence my great-grandfather, they ذكرياته
almost always precede it with
some reference to his affection
for me.
30 inevitably: as is to be inevitably, it rained حتما
expected
45 tangible: capable of These days, an environmentally ملموس
being perceived conscious motorist can walk
especially by the sense into a Toyota or Honda dealer
of touch : PALPABLE and snap up an efficient
gasoline-electric hybrid, but the
omega point of green driving—
the pollution-free hydrogen
fuel cell vehicle—is so elusive
that one wonders if it will ever
become tangible.
51 fragile: easily broken or a fragile vase هش
destroyed
52 irrefutable: impossible irrefutable proof ال يدحض
to refute :
INCONTROVERTIBLE
58 deceive: to cause to deceiving customers about the خدع
accept as true or valid condition of the cars
what is false or invalid
60 prodded: to thrust a She prodded him in the ribs to محثوث
pointed instrument get his attention.
into : PRICK
80 deceitfulness: having a charged the store owner with خداع
tendency or disposition such deceitful practices as
to deceive or give false inflating the list prices for items
impressions: only so he could put them on
sale at drastically reduced
prices
83 elusiveness: tending to But for all their influence, D.C. مراوغة
elude lobbyists have failed to attain
one elusive goal: public
respect.
86 plapable: capable of palpable lymph nodes
being touched or felt :
TANGIBLE
no 23 pleading: advocacy of a I'm tired of their begging and مرافعة
cause in a court of law pleading.
no 30 remperament: a nervous temperament
characteristic or habitual
inclination or mode of
emotional response
no.30 essence : the permanent The perennial debate about قلب,
as contrasted with the nature and nurture—which is
accidental element of the more potent shaper of the
being human essence?—is
perennially rekindled.
no.30 scenery: the painted She designed the scenery for ديكور
scenes or hangings and the play.
accessories used on a
theater stage