4000 CPE Vocabulary List

سكرات الموت a severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble

ضمني indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent

الشد اهية long and thin; slender; having little substance

الرثة torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

فخ catch; hold or catch as if in a hole

تلغراف apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire

عابر momentary; temporary; staying for a short time

العناء painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort

مثابرة firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence

يمكن الدفاع عنه capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector

مسرحي relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical

متملقا nominal holding of the title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal

المغرضة having or marked by a strong tendency

الوشل flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip

الشد اهية long and thin; slender; having little substance

الثقات dependable; reliable; able to be trusted

الرثة torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

أطروحة overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental

عبد slave; bondman; slavery; bondage

الأرضية earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land

العدوان violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits

مرعوب fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant

مسرحي relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical

الوشل flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip

سبات state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy

العسل remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup

سكرات الموت a severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble

رائع causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good

ضحكة مكبوتة laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle

تكريم trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle

شفافة existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary

صب be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers

ثيوقراطية the government ruled by or subject to religious authority

بمثابة equivalent in effect or value

سبات state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy

الانحطاط depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act

الانحطاط depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act

طعم حانة building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

الوصاية the capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching

متعرج marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous