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Level B2
Critical Thinking
10 words · ~14 min
Grammar focus
Expressing doubt, certainty, and evaluation with modal expressions (من المحتمل، لا بدّ أن)
Lesson overview
Critical Thinking is a level B2 lesson of 10 words: 10 nouns. Its words come from 8 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Academic Writing (B2)
- Leads to: Logic & Arguments (B2)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
مُحَاضَرَة muḥāḍara | lecture | noun | ح-ض-ر |
مِنْحَة minḥa | scholarship / grant | noun | م-ن-ح |
مَوْضُوعِيَّة mawḍūʿiyya | objectivity | noun | و-ض-ع |
اِسْتِنْتَاج istintāj | conclusion / deduction | noun | ن-ت-ج |
إِحْصَاء iḥṣāʾ | statistics / census | noun | ح-ص-ي |
مِعْيَار miʿyār | standard / criterion | noun | ع-ي-ر |
تَوْصِيَة tawṣiya | recommendation | noun | و-ص-ي |
تَخَصُّص takhaṣṣuṣ | specialization / major | noun | خ-ص-ص |
مُصْطَلَح muṣṭalaḥ | term / terminology | noun | ص-ل-ح |
مُلَخَّص mulakhkhaṣ | summary / abstract | noun | ل-خ-ص |
Themes these words belong to: Academic Formal (10)
Sample word cards
مُحَاضَرَة
muḥāḍara
lecture
مِنْحَة
minḥa
scholarship / grant
مَوْضُوعِيَّة
mawḍūʿiyya
objectivity
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