4000 FCE Vocabulary List

n. تنبيه the warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
And although the main ports are on alert, Nigeria, in particular, has many small river ports in the Cross River and Niger deltas.

a. الغريبة dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
If you think about it, that's totally alien to what a drug company might be expected to do because if you eradicate a disease, there's no need for that drug at all.

v. ينفر cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
We could not see what should again alienate us from one another or how one brother could again oppress another.

n. المحاذاة arrangement; association; alliance
When you want an alignment that covers the whole length of both sequences, use a needle.

a. على حد سواء similar; in the same manner or to the same degree
Friends are generally alike in background and tastes.

n. الولاء loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
They didn't want to salute the flag, saying that kind of allegiance is only for God.

n. الرمز symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations and victories of man's soul.

n. البدل approval; the act of allowing, granting, or admitting
I volunteer for every shift available; the allowance is better than nothing.

n. سبائك mixture; a combination of diverse things
In its ideal form, the alloy is a crystal with each element occupying specific crystal locations relative to one another.

v. يلمح refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
Try not to mention divorce in Jack's presence because he will think you allude to his marital problems with Jill.

ad. عاليا in or into a high place; high or higher up
It tried to remain aloft, but its flying grew wild and reckless.

ad. جنبا إلى جنب مع along or by the side; side by side with
When his lease went up for renewal in December, I summoned all my courage to sign my name alongside his on the new one.

v. تعديل modify; cause to change; make different; convert
In public, neither Mr. Blair's visit nor the regional summit in Nepal has done anything to alter India's position on dialogue with Pakistan.

a. المناوب happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
Businesses can also use this opportunity to invest in an alternate, perhaps more efficient, which will help our economy in the long-run.

v. بالتناوب occur successively; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
Please alternate light and dark squares to form a pattern.

n. البديل التناوب successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
Now go back to the diagram at the top of the page and trace through the cycle of generations' alternation.

n. بديلة one of two or more things, ideas, or courses of action that may be used; option or choice
Electron Instruments believed its desktop SEM was vastly superior to the next best alternative from a Japanese competitor.

n. ارتفاع elevation especially above sea level; height
The high desert plains are beautiful and have a more temperate climate, but altitude is a health problem for some people.

n. الومنيوم silvery ductile metallic element
Services include mold aluminum casting, heat treating, machining.

n. هواة one who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
The amateur is someone who loves a topic or hobby, or interest and pursues it with dedication, love, and attention to detail.