3000 ECPE Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
Quick Access Resources:
Print PDF Quiz/Test Online Study
 Group (S) - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
scrap  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
Exercise
alone; only; without another
Exercise
unanticipated or sudden check in progress; change from better to worse; obstacle, delay, or disadvantage
Exercise
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
seemingly  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
Exercise
one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
Exercise
of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column
Exercise
apparently; supposedly
semiarid  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
sculpture representing a human or animal
Exercise
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
Exercise
most outstanding; highest; superior
Exercise
sending of cargo; act of sending off something
sensitivity  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
Exercise
sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
Exercise
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
Exercise
waste matter; drainage; waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
separate  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
Exercise
set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
Exercise
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
Exercise
moving from one setting or context to another; moving very slightly
sheer  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
Exercise
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
Exercise
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
Exercise
relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters
siege  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
Exercise
plant; place seeds in or on
Exercise
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
Exercise
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
skeleton  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
framework; internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Exercise
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
Exercise
bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
Exercise
one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
smoothly  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
Exercise
in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
Exercise
restrict; become stiff or stiffer
Exercise
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
specialize  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction
Exercise
sending of cargo; act of sending off something
Exercise
mention specially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
Exercise
raised money; collection, sometimes hidden; reserve