4000 CPE Vocabulary List

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palpitate  Speak Example sentences
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card for sending messages by post without an envelope
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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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enthusiastically worded approval; a round of applause
parity  Speak Example sentences
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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childish; belonging to childhood; immature
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lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
partisan  Speak Example sentences
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outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
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a group of people gathered for a special purpose; small board or pad
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
perch  Speak Example sentences
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a member of the most developed mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes; senior clergyman
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a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
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a group of people gathered for a special purpose; small board or pad
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a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
persistent  Speak Example sentences
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stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
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pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
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lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
philosophy  Speak Example sentences
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enthusiastically worded approval; a round of applause
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body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
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outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
pliable  Speak Example sentences
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
poky  Speak Example sentences
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inoffensive expression of fat; stout
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
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unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
pomposity  Speak Example sentences
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excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
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a group of people gathered for a special purpose; small board or pad
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extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
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dignified or magnificent display; splendor
portend  Speak Example sentences
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declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive
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acting the part of a character on stage; any likeness of a person
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foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
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extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency