4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

الخصر narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

مزين without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable

تطوع a person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily

غير مستقرة inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing

المفاضلة not differentiated; without clear distinctive characters

مزين without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable

غير تقليدية not conforming to accepted rules or standards

النفعية metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city

غير مستساغ distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste

السم poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite

للأسف unluckily; by bad luck

متقلبة tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence

مرض not giving satisfaction;  inadequate

غير مستغلة الترقية raise to a higher grade or standard; advance

غير مستساغ distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste

غير تقليدية not conforming to accepted rules or standards

مستحقة not deserved or earned; not merited; unjustifiable or unfair

ابل flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

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

غير مستقرة inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing

السم poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite

النفعية metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city

فيا by the way of

الأربعاء marry; perform a marriage ceremony

جناحيها distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip

لم يمسها not drawn upon or used

كمان a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle

إلحاح emergency; pressing importance; need; pressing necessity

نبات plants of an area or a region; plant life

العظمى deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film

الفراغ empty area or space; an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

يقظة بالخروج treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt

السم poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite

فيا by the way of

المفاضلة not differentiated; without clear distinctive characters

النفعية metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city

بالعكس used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order

الحكم findings of a jury on issues of fact for decision; judgment or opinion

رحلة the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation

ابل flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces