3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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dam  Speak Example sentences
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prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements
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float; moving aimlessly; wander
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, especially built across a water course
decade  Speak Example sentences
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something that discourages; tending to deter
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misleading, likely or attempting to deceive; fraudulent
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a group of ten, especially a period of ten years
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scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
declaration  Speak Example sentences
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announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
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a group of ten, especially a period of ten years
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overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
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barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, especially built across a water course
decrease  Speak Example sentences
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lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
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prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements
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barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, especially built across a water course
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disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
deign  Speak Example sentences
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condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
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lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
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flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
detect  Speak Example sentences
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feel; discover the presence of; identify
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free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
digestive  Speak Example sentences
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relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
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natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
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ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
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prepared; inclined; be ready; being particular condition of body or of health
dilute  Speak Example sentences
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of tens; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
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very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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removal of salt; process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
dilution  Speak Example sentences
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owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
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very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock
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ignore; discount; take no notice of
disastrous  Speak Example sentences
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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
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principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
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disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder