4000 CAE Vocabulary List

اللباقة slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive

المشورة التقنية draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of

قطب wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate

محاكمة experiment; an act of testing; examination of evidence to determine the charges or claims

المحك the stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; excellent quality used to test excellence or genuineness of others

التضاريس piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground

مزاج moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely

شاهق high; outstanding; very great or intense

خشب wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood

مزاج person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry

خندق canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor

الحبل tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain

محاصرة outward decorations; ornamental covering or harness for horse

العهد solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will

التهكم reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner

حيازة holding of an office; a period during which something is held; status of holding position on a permanent contract

حلية repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; worn out by using

النمل الأبيض a whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant

اقتطاع secret meeting; agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place

شهادة solemn declaration or affirmation; something that serves as evidence

العهد solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will

الهدنة suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place

خندق canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor

حلية repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; worn out by using

الجذع stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs

خشب wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood

المأساة disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune

دبسي تريك travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult

غصين small branch or division of a branch

الجذع stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs

صعبة hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear

لين العريكة easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

سمية poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison

تعويذة charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power

محاكمة experiment; an act of testing; examination of evidence to determine the charges or claims

المأساة disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune

التانغو dance in two-four time by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps

شامل العتبة entrance; the starting point for a new state or experience

السمية a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms

الجذع stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs