4000 FCE Vocabulary List

n. سيارة أجرة taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire

a. جثي like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

v. حساب compute; determine; estimate

n. حساب planning something carefully and intentionally

a. الهدوء freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity

v. تمويه exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal

n. الحملة battle; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

n. قناة an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct

n. إلغاء act of canceling; calling off some arrangement

a. صريح straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

n. مرشح a person who is considered for something; a person who is nominated for an office, prize, or honor

n. قصب any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick

n. أكل لحوم البشر the practice of eating the flesh of your kind

n. مدفع great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung

n. كانون law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works

n. قماش heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative

v. حشد determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize

n. القدرة quality of being capable; capacity; skill

a. الأسير having the ability required for a specific task

n. القدرات mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate