3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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dearth  Speak Example sentences
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throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
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dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
decipher  Speak Example sentences
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small toy with human figure, normally for little child
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convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
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deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
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field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
defect  Speak Example sentences
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strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
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erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
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abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
definitive  Speak Example sentences
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unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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variation; act of changing forms or qualities
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
depressed  Speak Example sentences
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strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
detergent  Speak Example sentences
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convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
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sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; sound made by liquid falling in drops
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cleansing agent; substance that acts similarly to soap
digest  Speak Example sentences
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break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
disable  Speak Example sentences
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
disc  Speak Example sentences
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unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
discrete  Speak Example sentences
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
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suffering from excessive loss of water
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place where milk is produced, kept, or converted into butter or cheese
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strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of