4000 CPE Vocabulary List

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garish  Speak Example sentences
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
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agonizing; distressing extremely painful
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blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
geniality  Speak Example sentences
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cultivation of plants
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
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the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
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forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
germinate  Speak Example sentences
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
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crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
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awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
granulate  Speak Example sentences
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forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
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compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
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of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
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form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
hackneyed  Speak Example sentences
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back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
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bump; arch one's back
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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region; remote and undeveloped area
hasten  Speak Example sentences
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accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health and generally depressed
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cultivation of plants
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become hard or harder
healthful  Speak Example sentences
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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
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conducive to the good health of body or mind
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quality of being general; an idea having general application
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back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
heap  Speak Example sentences
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core port; nucleus; heart; center
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of the same or similar nature or kind
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crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting
heedless  Speak Example sentences
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unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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quality of being general; an idea having general application
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
hoarse  Speak Example sentences
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
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bump; arch one's back
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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal