4000 CPE Vocabulary List

فارغ empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

نكتة witty sentence, phrase, or remark; wisecrack

صعب المراس free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable

unprepossessing unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary

القبيحة ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at

لا مبرر له having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality

الطليعة advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement

المصغر unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch

لا يمكن الدفاع عنه indefensible; not able to be maintained

تهوية freshen; circulate through and freshen

فارغ empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

يتأرجح sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate

تهوية freshen; circulate through and freshen

معاكس contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome

اغتصاب seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority

لا لبس فيه difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure

فيم vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity

شخص لقيط homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal

النشاط active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force

عملي difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

الخضر any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

لوم severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply

محيا face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal

القبيحة ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at

تلبك concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

الحذر مستجمعات المياه crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems

النشاط active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force

حجم capacity; amount of space occupied by an object

القبيحة ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at

صمام device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid

الطليعة advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement

إسهاب pompous array of words; overabundance of words

تهوية freshen; circulate through and freshen

الكون cosmos; everything that exists anywhere

ضخمة large in volume or bulk;  large in number or quantity, especially of discourse

حجم capacity; amount of space occupied by an object

تهوية freshen; circulate through and freshen

الحيوية enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style

إسهاب pompous array of words; overabundance of words

حجم capacity; amount of space occupied by an object