3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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decorative  Speak Example sentences
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lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
dehydration  Speak Example sentences
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process of extracting moisture; dryness resulting from the removal of water
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choice and use of words in speech or writing
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worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
despair  Speak Example sentences
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loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
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the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
despoiler  Speak Example sentences
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length of time something lasts
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someone who takes spoils or plunder; one who despoils or strips by force; plunderer
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
devastate  Speak Example sentences
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
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liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
diplomatic  Speak Example sentences
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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others
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not agreeing with tastes or expectations
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sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
disagreeable  Speak Example sentences
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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not agreeing with tastes or expectations
discharge  Speak Example sentences
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relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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move or bring by force or with great effort
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thick; crowded closely together; compact
dismiss  Speak Example sentences
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stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
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owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
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liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
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the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
disperse  Speak Example sentences
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move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
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move or bring by force or with great effort
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field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
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remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up