4000 CPE Vocabulary List

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a. acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane

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v. run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away

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v. scurry; run with short, rapid steps

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n. protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions

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v. avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger

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n. a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid

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a. marked by or given to doubt; questioning

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n. single-mast sailing boat

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a. untidy; careless in work habits

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a. of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious