3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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economize  Speak Example sentences
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monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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place where a river can be crossed on foot; shallow place
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
efficient  Speak Example sentences
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make use of, sometimes unjustly
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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long heroic poem, or similar work of art
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machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; one that supplies food:
elevate  Speak Example sentences
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flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
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shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
endure  Speak Example sentences
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outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
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interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
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tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
entity  Speak Example sentences
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real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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rejection; act of excluding or shutting out
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
epidemic  Speak Example sentences
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bitter quarrel between two parties
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monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of
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outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
equivalent  Speak Example sentences
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substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
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acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
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interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
exhaust  Speak Example sentences
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shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
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extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; degree to which a thing extends
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gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
explorer  Speak Example sentences
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acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
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long heroic poem, or similar work of art
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festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
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someone who travels into little known regions
feast  Speak Example sentences
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operation; manipulation; performing or able to perform its regular function
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outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
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conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
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festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment