4000 FCE Vocabulary List

in a large manner; for the most part; mainly

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

permitting leaks or leakage; permitting liquids to penetrate

set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct

motherly; relating to mother or motherhood

newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis

bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck

imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon

bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck

set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release

having or suggesting great physical power; of or relating to or consisting of muscle

the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty

moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest

a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets, like ship or plane

imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon

implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol

a building that has more than one story

implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol

beyond ordinary understanding

any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread

tiny; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size

standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic

profitable; producing a good profit

state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment

chief; principal; having a position in the lead; foremost

dirty; unorganized; disorderly; unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve

the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty

moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest

be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay

the science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape

gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty

hot liquid rock from a volcano that becomes solid as it cools

a building that has more than one story

changeable in form; assuming different characters; polymorphic

the science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape

imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon

a building that has more than one story

changeable in form; assuming different characters; polymorphic

projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust