3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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ballot  Speak Example sentences
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state of being unable to pay your debts
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printed or written ticket used in voting; act of voting; whole number of votes cast at an election
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channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture; conductor having low resistance in parallel
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tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
balmy  Speak Example sentences
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lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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mild and pleasant; fragrant
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link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
bankrupt  Speak Example sentences
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
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unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
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occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
bare  Speak Example sentences
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vessel; large cylindrical container
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printed or written ticket used in voting; act of voting; whole number of votes cast at an election
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of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow
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lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
barrel  Speak Example sentences
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property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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vessel; large cylindrical container
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pamphlet; small book usually having paper cover
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
bias  Speak Example sentences
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represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment; influence in unfair way
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two-sided; mutual
bind  Speak Example sentences
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tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
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pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
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vessel; large cylindrical container
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grave or tomb; ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
bleach  Speak Example sentences
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fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
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make white or colorless; blanch
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property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;
blizzard  Speak Example sentences
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vessel; large cylindrical container
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channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture; conductor having low resistance in parallel
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salty; any very large body of salt water
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snowstorm; storm
bloom  Speak Example sentences
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flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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two-sided; mutual
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printed or written ticket used in voting; act of voting; whole number of votes cast at an election
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light up by or as by fire or flame; of tremendous intensity or fervor