4000 FCE Vocabulary List

يتل reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off

الكلام vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity

تقويض weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath

صلاحية quality of having legal force or effectiveness

المحارب fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle

حيث while;  at the same time

المعصم the joint between the hand and the forearm

سلبية unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce

المطلق not inclined to ask questions; being without doubt or reserve

التجوية erosion; exposure; the action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition

لا أساس لها has not been proved true

تقويض weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath

الكامنة lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior

حماسة intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object

سلبية unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce

platelike النفعية practical and functional, not just for show

حيث while;  at the same time

الفرق an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way

الكلام vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity

العائد give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive

تماما absolutely; completely or extremely

سلبية unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce

البائسة very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless

العمودية upright in position or posture; oriented vertically

البائسة very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless

صلاحية quality of having legal force or effectiveness

platelike النفعية practical and functional, not just for show

المرتفعة land or an area of land of high elevation

الكامنة lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior

المحارب fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle

فيتو rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against

قبو arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground

مجهولة not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan

الكلام vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity

المناطق المحيطة state of being near in space or relationship; proximity

يتل reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off

قبو arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground

جائرة غير ملقح not having been fertilized; made for no more suitable for growth

النصر a successful ending of struggle or contest; a defeat of an enemy or opponent

تقويض weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath