Test sheet for CAE Vocabulary Test Online

accessible

(1)

a. E.g. Simon and James will no longer be posting to The Hearing; however, all previous posts will remain accessible here.

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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity
hairy; consisting of or similar to fur
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casual

(2)

a. E.g. The wildlife officer, in casual conversation, asks Hunter Joe where that deer came from.

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informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
in a distinctive manner; in a way that is notable for its difference; plainly
flexible; moving and bending with ease
legendary; fictitious; existing in myth
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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destiny

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n. E.g. Your certain destiny is to grow much bigger and stronger.

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event that will inevitably happen in the future
essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
instance that does not conform to a rule
emit a brief burst of light; appear briefly; sudden intense burst of radiant energy
hill; relatively flat highland
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disappointment

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n. E.g. The number of people staying away from the polls in new member states like Poland and Slovakia was a source of deep disappointment for officials in Brussels.

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feeling of dissatisfaction
fog; mist; partially opaque covering; vague or confused state of mind
flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; small crystalline bit of snow
layer of soil on the surface
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
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facade

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n. E.g. I believe the Religious Right's thin facade is being revealed.

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exactness; accuracy; number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
front of building; superficial or false appearance
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haste

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n. E.g. Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head downwards.

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extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
elastic straps that hold trousers up; something suspends something else
imaginary circle on surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
hurry; rapidity of action or motion
person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
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lethargy

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n. E.g. She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven.

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lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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migrant

(8)

a. E.g. These migrant birds return every spring.

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habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
expectable; likely; capable of being predicted or foretold
conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
just; only; hardly; scarcely
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ravenous

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a. E.g. The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.

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in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
in an ethical manner; according to the doctrines of morality
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
happening or done after a surgical operation
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seriously

(10)

ad. E.g. By combining their weight, China and Russia are making it clear they should be taken seriously as a powerful voice - a voice of equal importance to the US.

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improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive
amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus
invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
having a pleasing flavor; savory
in a serious or literal manner; gravely; solemnly; in earnest; without levity
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starve

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v. E.g. The political prisoners might starve to death.

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incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
hunger; deprive of food
disarrange; disorder; destroy the organization; make less organized
gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort
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toed

(12)

a. E.g. Please make sure to wear your heaviest steel-toed boots.

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having a toe or toes of a specified kind
huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
in a superficial manner; shallowly; surface only
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