Arabic travel writings

Question 1

خضع

Answer 1

to submit, to be subjected to

Question 2

التقريظ

Answer 2

encomium, speech of praise

Question 3

التدبيج

Answer 3

composition/embellishment

Question 4

خطاب

Answer 4

public address

Question 5

بلاغة

Answer 5

literature/art of composition, rhetoric

Question 6

يتجسد

Answer 6

embodies

Question 7

على حِدّة

Answer 7

alone, separately

Question 8

يرادف

Answer 8

corresponds to/ with

Question 9

إنطباع

Answer 9

impressions

Question 10

مُتَأصُّل

Answer 10

deep rooted/ rooted

Question 11

ناح

Answer 11

weep, wail*

Question 12

رواية

Answer 12

novel

Question 13

أُسلوب

Answer 13

style

Question 14

موّل

Answer 14

to make rich

Question 15

تموّل

Answer 15

to become rich, to enrich

Question 16

موارد

Answer 16

place of arrival, destination

Question 17

رَوّجَ

Answer 17

to spread rumors/news, to circulate

Question 18

تابع

Answer 18

following, follower, subordinate

Question 19

متلقي

Answer 19

received/recipient

Question 20

فرق

Answer 20

fear, cowardly, DIFFERENCE

Question 21

مرن

Answer 21

flexible, yielding

Question 22

حيادية

Answer 22

neutrality

Question 23

إنتاج

Answer 23

production

Question 24

يلفت

Answer 24

to turn toward or away, to catch one’s attention

Question 25

حنيف

Answer 25

orthodox, true believer

Question 26

ناحية

Answer 26

side/corner

Question 27

خلفية

Answer 27

background

Question 28

الجزيرة

Answer 28

Peninsula (also island)

Question 29

المتاخمة

Answer 29

neighboring

Question 30

أبحر

Answer 30

to embark

Question 31

صوبَ

Answer 31

in the direction of

Question 32

اتجهوا

Answer 32

past tense to face (wjh)

Question 33

آفاق

Answer 33

distant lands

Question 34

التدهور

Answer 34

deteriorate

Question 35

هزل

Answer 35

to be emaciated

Question 36

جدر

Answer 36

to deserve

Question 37

المؤرخ

Answer 37

historian

Question 38

كل فج عميق

Answer 38

from the darkest corners of the earth

Question 39

السعي

Answer 39

walking, ritual walk to Mecca during pilgrimage

Question 40

سار-يسير

Answer 40

to set out, to travel

Question 41

الجنود

Answer 41

to move to action, induce to action

Question 42

عهد

Answer 42

to empower, to authorize

Question 43

رحب

Answer 43

to welcome

Question 44

فلح

Answer 44

to split

Question 45

اكتساب

Answer 45

winning

Question 46

كسب

Answer 46

to earn, to obtain

Question 47

اكتسب

Answer 47

to possess, to have

Question 48

قذف

Answer 48

to throw away, discard

Question 49

المغامرات

Answer 49

adventures

Question 50

مُفْرط

Answer 50

excessive, extreme, unreasonable

Question 51

مخيلة

Answer 51

imagination

Question 52

عرض على

Answer 52

to display, show, demonstrate

Question 53

شفع

Answer 53

to double, to add or attach

Question 54

مَهَمَّة

Answer 54

task, mission

Question 55

قُصور

Answer 55

failure, deficiency

Question 56

تمهيد

Answer 56

introduction, preface

Question 57

سيطرة

Answer 57

domination, control

Question 58

ناضل

Answer 58

to compete, contend, try to surpass

Question 59

ضيقة

Answer 59

hardship, tribulation

Question 60

طائفة

Answer 60

denomination

Question 61

سدّ

Answer 61

to blockade, to block