4000 CPE Vocabulary List

نشيد the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression

كاتم الصوت heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise

هرس roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds

تافه extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty

المتعددة الأشكال occurring in or having many forms or shapes

الاوبرا text of dramatic musical work, such as opera

رسالة رسمية letter; written message; messenger

تلكأ stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops

نشيد the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression

متمارض one who feigns illness to escape duty

ميكانيكا branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies

اشبه allege, or think, to be like; represent as like; make or cause to be like

تافه extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty

تكبير intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge

ضخمة massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument

جرابي any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala

كامنة stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived

نطيل be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay

هرس roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds

متمارض one who feigns illness to escape duty

قذى a tiny piece of anything;  very small particle

مدينة a major city, especially the chief city of country or region

رشيق flexible; moving and bending with ease

يقبع lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor

مرتبك big or clumsy, often stupid person

همة quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character

الهجاء ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art

رشيق flexible; moving and bending with ease

الخرقاء showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward

متمارض one who feigns illness to escape duty

همة quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character

ضخمة massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument

مدينة a major city, especially the chief city of country or region

العاهل king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereigns, such as a king or empress

أكبح picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface

عكة general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness

آلية device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something

المنشور small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part

المنوعات collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works

اشبه allege, or think, to be like; represent as like; make or cause to be like