4000 FCE Vocabulary List

التواضع quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement

السخية more than adequate; willing to give and share unstintingly

بالحنين إلى الوطن unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons

العملاق exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive

القاء throw with great force; cast; toss

العملاق exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive

عائق disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

محافظ head of a state government

يستحوذون hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match

عجلة hurry; rapidity of action or motion

دراسات one who has received an academic or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study

جوفاء sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity

جرعة swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly

ضمان pledge that something will happen or that something is true

الهدير utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound

الهدف end; objective; final purpose or aim

عجلة hurry; rapidity of action or motion

تتردد pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

الذواقة a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

عائق disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

الإنسانية philanthropic; one devoted to the promotion of human welfare and social reforms

الاجمالي of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate

تتردد pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

هيب crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass

ضحك laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner

هاردي in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions

جوفاء sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity

مفيدة تنحنح edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge

شعر bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

حفنة a small number; an amount of something that can be held in one hand

نصف الكرة halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle

مجرفة weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

مفيدة تنحنح edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge

المتخلف one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication

القطيع flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals

العادة an established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order

بالحنين إلى الوطن unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons

جرعة swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly

فرحان by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry

التلملم الإنسانية kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth