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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astronomical
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The government seems willing to spend astronomical sums on weapons development.
Select answer:
in an uncomfortable, nervous or embarrassed way
doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly
harmless; innocent; giving no offense
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
Don't select.
bland
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. She kept her gaze level and her expression bland, but her teeth were gritted.
Select answer:
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
excellent; extraordinary; strange in form, conception, or appearance
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
Don't select.
commonsense
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. A large part of the treatment is made up of commonsense, clever insight based on experience.
Select answer:
exhibiting native good judgment
pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle in difference
happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive
Don't select.
drift
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Our drift is to the south-east, or south-south-east, at the rate of at least two miles an hour.
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leader of a dance band; musician who leads a band of musicians
driving; a force impelling or urging forward; impulse
inherent power or ability; body of persons with specific professional powers
interconnection; interrelation; dependence between two or more people, groups, or things
foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
Don't select.
flourish
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Upsets may occur, even painful misunderstandings and separations, yet the essential love remains, and might again flourish, more temperately.
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grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably
handle or manage carefully or skillfully; handle with a deceptive
exist together, at the same time, or in the same place
hide or store away in a secret place
Don't select.
gravitation
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Select answer:
discredit; dishonor; the state of being held in low esteem
great swelling waves; rising of waves, or as if of waves
flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle
force of attraction between all masses in the universe
Don't select.
initial
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Please just tell me initial of your first name.
Select answer:
first letter of a proper name; first letter of a word
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
endurance; steady persistence in adhering to a course of action
animal kept for amusement or companionship
Don't select.
opportunity
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over.
Select answer:
favorable or advantageous circumstance; chance for progress or advancement
hurry; rapidity of action or motion
formal warning in law; close attention to minimize risk
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
largest flying birds in the western hemisphere; gold coin of some South American countries
Don't select.
pore
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Determined to become a physician, Beth spent hours to pore over her anatomy text.
Select answer:
inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
isolate; separate; keep away from others
gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
frighten; fill with terror
Don't select.
representative
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Obviously letting things run their natural course has not resulted in such a representative diversity!
Select answer:
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude; bearing character or power of another; acting for another or others
honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status
in unnoticing; randomly; in a random manner
late; delayed; moving slowly
Don't select.
suspender
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Even if every other suspender rope deteriorated, the bridge wouldn’t fall down.
Select answer:
freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
elastic straps that hold trousers up; something suspends something else
jump; hop; place jumped over or from
any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep; scapegoat
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
Don't select.
weariness
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. I have spoken with numerous prisoners, and they have expressed that a feeling of dissatisfaction and weariness is gradually displaying in the Southern Army.”
Select answer:
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
fatigue; tiredness; feeling of dissatisfaction or vexation
follower; adherent; person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
Don't select.
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