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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approaching
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. When this naval force was first discovered by the lookouts on Helgoland, there immediately appeared approaching from the German base.
Select answer:
impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
just; only; hardly; scarcely
domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
Don't select.
bizarre
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The plot of the novel was too bizarre to be believed.
Select answer:
fast; rapid; accomplished or arrived at without delay; prompt
marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner
increasing; something expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging
having no odor; devoid of odor or fragrance
fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
Don't select.
crew
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The union of British Airways cabin crew is on strike, meaning all flights between Glasgow and London are canceled.
Select answer:
grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder
art of drawing, particularly of precise mechanical drawing, as of architectural and engineering plans
group of people working together, as in spacecraft, ship, plane or train
expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed
divorce; separation; loss of control or composure
Don't select.
drift
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The girl saw her balloon drift eastward and disappeared finally.
Select answer:
express the need or desire for; ask for
float; moving aimlessly; wander
excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep
hand out; disseminate; allocate
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
Don't select.
frank
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking.
Select answer:
honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
in an endless manner
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
exposed; easily discovered; plain
house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home
Don't select.
impair
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Drinking alcohol can impair your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink, don't drive.
Select answer:
exist together, at the same time, or in the same place
focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
gather or grow into bunches
Don't select.
irreversible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. A virtual laboratory in which children aged 10-11 can investigate which changes are reversible and which are irreversible.
Select answer:
fairly; in an impartial manner
impossible to reverse or be reversed
firmly in position; stationary
freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity
lacking clarity of meaning; confusing
Don't select.
melodious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. He was eating an apple, and giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong.
Select answer:
harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds
excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
dirty; unorganized; disorderly; unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude; bearing character or power of another; acting for another or others
Don't select.
periphery
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. He sensed that there was something just beyond the periphery of his vision.
Select answer:
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants
lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude
helper; person who assists or helps someone else
event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
Don't select.
sanitation
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. It says malnutrition rates are close to emergency levels and is calling on the public to donate money for clean water, medicine and sanitation.
Select answer:
exaggerated display; behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves
Don't select.
subsequent
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In subsequent days, other polls showed that the margin hadn't narrowed all that much.
Select answer:
following in time or order; succeeding; later
in an clever or skillful manner; in an ingenious manner
intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
half-open; slightly turned or opened
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
Don't select.
troubling
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. He was already preparing for a possible war with Iraq when he got the troubling news about North Korea's nuclear program.
Select answer:
fixed; exact; having distinct limits
disquieting; causing distress or worry or anxiety
recklessly unrestrained; deserted; left to destruction
lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent
leading; main; primary; first in time or place
Don't select.
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