4000 FCE Vocabulary List

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

خبأ raised money; collection, sometimes hidden; reserve

تفرخ الطيف the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values

ملعب large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators

النادرة hard to find; absent or rare; limited

نكسة unanticipated or sudden check in progress; change from better to worse; obstacle, delay, or disadvantage

جراحة one who performs manual operations on a patient

بحدة steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely

المثيرة arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction

استقرار become stable or more stable

الذبح act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage

قطع البريق be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter

المتحدث باسم man who speaks on behalf of another or others

هجاء form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly

تسلسل serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

بحدة steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely

ثابت having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary

خبأ raised money; collection, sometimes hidden; reserve

الخجل the feeling of fear of embarrassment

النمطية fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception

الذبح act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage

الثبات firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging

أجاد a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off

جراحة one who performs manual operations on a patient

النظام الأساسي a law enacted by the legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler

نكسة unanticipated or sudden check in progress; change from better to worse; obstacle, delay, or disadvantage

النوم sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy

محمية the meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell

التحفيز arousing an organism to action

الشروق the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky

التيلة necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables

قطع البريق be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter

الخجل the feeling of fear of embarrassment

علم الاجتماع branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science

المتحدث باسم man who speaks on behalf of another or others

مذهلة impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand

تفرخ الطيف the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values

تناسب appropriate to a purpose or an occasion

الطبقة a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society

يكتسحون movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all