4000 CPE Vocabulary List

طمس rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing

عيب crack; a crack in the earth; defect; flaw; a wrong action

حرر admit to rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

رمزي not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning

سبى charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites

عصبي restless; uneasy; nervous and unable to relax

ممكنا عقيمة without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose

مطاطة springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition

الصقر birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

القدرية the belief that forces beyond one's control determine events

تعلن speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate

زفر breathe out; send air out of your lungs

مراوغة fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor

العلف hunt for; search; the act of searching for food

الخفقان shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak; flaming

emendation correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve

الغش cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud

عيب crack; a crack in the earth; defect; flaw; a wrong action

حفر make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly

تهلل rejoice; feel extreme happiness

كدح imaginary land or abode of fairies

الحساسية difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details

الخفقان shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak; flaming

سلف a person from whom you are descended

الحموي capable of being accomplished or brought about

نبش dig out of ground; remove from grave

رمزي not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning

تجميل a superfluous ornament; elaboration by the use of decorative detail

تهلل rejoice; feel extreme happiness

سبى charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites

حفر make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly

نتنة unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking

الحموي capable of being accomplished or brought about

القابلة للاشتعال الكتان a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers

القدرية the belief that forces beyond one's control determine events

النخبة a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status

الخفقان shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak; flaming

تهلل rejoice; feel extreme happiness

مرسوم the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command

أوراق الشجر masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches