CAE Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your CAE vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level CAE vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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Before the CAE exam, students usually try to enhance their vocabulary as much as possible. Vocabulary is definitely the base for thinking, talking, reading, and writing, which is the foundation of any language skills.

This app, CAE Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you build CAE vocabulary with a built-in set of 1200 basic words from the 4000 CAE Vocabulary List.

It is a game-style app. You don't need a detailed plan or schedule to use it. Anytime and anywhere, you can access its web pages and practice or test as long as you have the Internet. Some people use it as a tool to evaluate CAE vocabulary. Others use it to study new words or review known words. Based on lots of exercises, you may finally become familiar with the built-in vocabulary and keep it warm until the test day.

The app's primary functionality is to create CAE word question sheets dynamically. Its core features include showing quizzes and auto-checking answers. Students can also store the results of each test for further analysis. The data is helpful in comparing with previous data or even others' data to improve performance.

The app has some extra features that similar tools rarely have. It includes a sample sentence for each word, which helps a lot when learning new words. It also provides definitions of 9 languages for every word and lets ESL students select their mother language and integrate it with an English explanation.

The app needs to store your test data because its core features rely on results from previous practices. So you should sign up for any activities. The CAE Vocabulary Test Online is free. You can use a generic examword.com account (email/access code) to sign in. If you don't have an account yet, creating one only takes a few minutes. Sign up and start to enjoy this fantastic web app!
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arthritis
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Multiple ways of treatments have shown success in treating the symptoms of arthritis, that is in the relief of symptoms.
Select answer:
existence; remaining alive
inflammation of a joint or joints
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
Don't select.
campaign
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The Clinton campaign has raised more money in the first three months of this year than all nine Democratic candidates combined.
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free from harm or evil; take from legal custody by force
battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
investigator; one, usually of police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
going from one state of action to another
earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
Don't select.
conceal
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal from the public eye.
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duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
explore with tools; investigate; search
drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
Don't select.
discernible
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Many things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause.
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having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
ingenious; wise; bright; having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute
in the direction that the hands of a clock move
distinguishable; perceptible; capable of being seen or noticed
Don't select.
estimate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The insurance industry is well prepared to estimate of the loss it will suffer.
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equalize; become similar, as by mixing
find or declare guilty
exchange; put in the place of another
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
humiliate; shame; cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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galaxy
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Give me a sky and I'll show you what a galaxy is all about.
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having knowledge of ; special awareness or sensitivity:
solid mass; covering with cement; hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate , and gravel
large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
Don't select.
irritating
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. What I feel irritating is that after three readings of the book, she still gets it wrong.
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displaying superhuman strength or power; of extreme difficulty
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
exasperating; annoying; causing irritation; vexing; provoking
healthy; nourishing; providing nutrition
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Don't select.
microbe
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. A microbe is any living organism that spends its life at a size too tiny to be seen with the naked eye.
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land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; dense, confused mass
hill; relatively flat highland
healthcare facility for outpatient care
disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
Don't select.
pliable
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. In remodeling the bathroom, we have replaced all the old, rigid lead pipes with new, pliable copper tubing.
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dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
gigantic; of great comparative size
elaborately or excessively ornamented
ingenious; wise; bright; having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
Don't select.
scrape
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.
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judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking
give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive
gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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slight
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. “Countries like France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, and the UK were all essentially flat or even in slight decline,” Telegeography says.
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rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric
law enacted by legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
leisure time away from work; act of making something legally void
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
Don't select.
trace
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The first problem is who is responsible for the material: the original author, who may be impossible to trace, or the Internet service provider.
Select answer:
enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
escape fluid from container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
Don't select.
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