4000 FCE Vocabulary List

المنقذ life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material; attendant to protect swimmers

الفخم liberal; wasteful; excessive spending

فطر multiply, grow, or expand rapidly

منطقي reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions

مطولة redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

مناورة plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy

نطيل be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay

القرون الوسطى very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages

إلى حد كبير in a large manner; for the most part; mainly

الرتابة uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition

محليا in that area; to a restricted area of the body

الايقاعات harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds

القرون الوسطى very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages

المقطوع a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar

الخشب move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of

العلم legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience

السحرية any art that invokes supernatural powers

الشارب hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed

محليا in that area; to a restricted area of the body

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

المغنطيسي most important spring in a mechanical device; chief motivating force

الرتابة uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition

بلل lessen the violence, severity, or extremeness of; preside over

اللغوية relating to language or linguistics; relating to the study of language

الخبيثة deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred

الرهن العقاري transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan

ميدو a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay

آلية device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something

الشارب hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed

التأمل lengthy intent consideration; long and thoughtful observation; contemplation of spiritual matters

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

القراءة والكتابة reading and writing; ability to read and write

الزئبقي interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army

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

الرهن العقاري transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan

محليا in that area; to a restricted area of the body

الخبيثة deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred

خاطئ mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion

مناورة plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy

لا تعد ولا تحصى of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand