4000 FCE Vocabulary List

العيش remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself

شعار phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion

تسعى endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy

ملاذ place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque

الهجاء a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

شعار phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion

عاطفي emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism

تسعى endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy

التعاطف compassion; pity; concern

ضئيلة make a wide, sweeping search of; examine

خارق not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws

تهدئة cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

الخردة a small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant

الهجاء a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

شريحة a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; piece; a share of something

ملاذ place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque

الشمس rays of the sun

السيادة one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit

منفصلة look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment

خطيرة grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; really intending what is said

خنق interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide

سبان duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points

أهمية the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning

الشكوك doubt about the truth of something; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind

العصفور any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

العيش remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself

تهدئة cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

شريحة a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; piece; a share of something

صحية relating to health or the protection of health

المجال ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity

متفرق occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense

مجرد very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure

خارق not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws

سرية something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge

الشوكي of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column

الأمن freedom from risk or danger; safety

خنق interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide

السيادة insulate against noise; impermeable to noise

متفرق occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense

ملعقة a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle