4000 FCE Vocabulary List

السمين of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded, and plump

الخلية any small compartment

الكرتون a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke

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

القدرات mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate

نعتز harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear

الفهم grasp; ability to understand

بوعي with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions; with awareness

السياق circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it

الإهمال المشاهير negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless

التماسك a tendency to keep together

الطائفية held in common; of a group of people

كاتدرائية a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area

التجارية money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market

الفوضى disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

معبر traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

إلزام force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

تغطية overspread the surface; envelope; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect

الأقارب planned or accomplished together; combined

اسمنت any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

الإهمال المشاهير negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless

دافئ make by hand and with much skill

نعتز harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear

الجماعية happening at the same time; simultaneous

التماسك a tendency to keep together

العقيد a commissioned military officer

معبر traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

زراعة production of food by preparing the land to grow crops

ذكرى serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

الأقارب planned or accomplished together; combined

المنطقية exhibiting native good judgment

متناقضة nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

الإجباري mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

يستشهد quote; adduce as an instance

اسمنت any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

معبر traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

اسمنت any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

الأقارب planned or accomplished together; combined

الإجباري mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

النقل freight carried by ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle