3000 ECPE Vocabulary

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oblige  Speak Example sentences
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force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for
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take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
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remove flaws from; perfect or complete
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
odor  Speak Example sentences
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take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind
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scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell
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subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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summit; apex; maximum; prime
overlapping  Speak Example sentences
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pierce; go through; permeate
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having the nature or habits of a parasite, that takes advantage of others without useful return
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covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
pavement  Speak Example sentences
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outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
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two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
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floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make hard and convenient surface for travel
penetrate  Speak Example sentences
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pierce; go through; permeate
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split into opposite extremes or camps
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floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make hard and convenient surface for travel
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very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
perceive  Speak Example sentences
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become aware of through the senses; detect
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penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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likelihood; quality of being predictable
perishable  Speak Example sentences
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ornament, hanging from a necklace; one of a matched pair; a companion piece
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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
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plan for anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
platform  Speak Example sentences
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
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covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
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one who operates the projector in a movie house
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inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
plausible  Speak Example sentences
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real
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section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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plea; formal message requesting something
polish  Speak Example sentences
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floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make hard and convenient surface for travel
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tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
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remove flaws from; perfect or complete
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state of being public; information to attract public notice