4000 CAE Vocabulary List

مروع horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad

تصاعد حدة enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify

العلية turret; watchtower; part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; attic

البشعة grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous

الهستيريا behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder

الأفقي equalize; become similar, as by mixing

المطرقة hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

عجلة hurry; rapidity of action or motion

جوهرة a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

بطولات البشعة frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable

طرب music; entertainment; joy; merriment; mirth

ذوقي easily deceived or cheated; easily tricked because of being too trusting

مقرن having a horn, or hornlike parts

الزنجبيل plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies

عواء utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress

ذليل low or inferior in station or quality; modest

هلوسة mistaken opinion or idea; delusion; illusory perception

جوهرة a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

صنبور a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug

قاتمة unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding

مضض frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror

ذليل low or inferior in station or quality; modest

النفاق pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not

المقصلة a device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead the victim below

بارقة dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer

الكرم noble birth; quality of being noble; noble-mindedness; liberality in giving

بستان group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard

طائرة شراعية aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

صنبور a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug

المطرقة hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

ضغينة be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent

ستار outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance

رسومات art of drawing, particularly of precise mechanical drawing, as of architectural and engineering plans

صنبور a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug

ذوقي easily deceived or cheated; easily tricked because of being too trusting

مضض frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror

إكليل crown of a king; a wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, to be worn on the head like a crown

تسخير gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps

تصاعد حدة enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify

عجلة hurry; rapidity of action or motion