4000 CPE Vocabulary List

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neat  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
Exercise
the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
Exercise
most favorable or advantageous
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beginner; person new to a field or activity
negate  Speak Example sentences
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
Exercise
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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beginner; person new to a field or activity
negligent  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
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burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
Exercise
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
nominee  Speak Example sentences
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someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
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agitated; worried and anxious
oaf  Speak Example sentences
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person regarded as stupid or awkward
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at some distance from the shore
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult
obdurate  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
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one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic
Exercise
person regarded as stupid or awkward
Exercise
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion
obtuse  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
odium  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
Exercise
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
Exercise
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
Exercise
failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
omnivorous  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having an interest in a variety of subjects
ongoing  Speak Example sentences
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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continuing to exist or develop; existing
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
Exercise
descendant; the young of an animal