3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
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bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
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opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
garish  Speak Example sentences
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rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
gender  Speak Example sentences
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bacteria; earliest form of an organism; seed
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sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture; category
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bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
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act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; broad smile
gentility  Speak Example sentences
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
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period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
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quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
gist  Speak Example sentences
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most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea
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act or state of giving out intense heat and light; luminous
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unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
glimpse  Speak Example sentences
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body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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glance; a quick look ; see briefly; a brief or incomplete view
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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
globe  Speak Example sentences
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concise reference book providing specific information
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glance; a quick look ; see briefly; a brief or incomplete view
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body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
ham  Speak Example sentences
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hurry; rapidity of action or motion
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common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
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meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
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period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
hardy  Speak Example sentences
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meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
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in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
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period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
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strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
hasty  Speak Example sentences
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opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
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easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
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concise reference book providing specific information
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most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea