CELPIP Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your CELPIP vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level CELPIP vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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CELPIP Vocabulary Test Online is a tool for building vocabulary. It includes 1200 basic words from the 4,000 CELPIP Vocabulary List.

It is a game-style app. You don't need a detailed plan or schedule to use it. You can access its web pages and practice or test anytime and anywhere as long as you have the Internet.

The app's primary functionality is to create CELPIP 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 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.

CELPIP Vocabulary Test Online is free, but you should sign up to save your tests. 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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arc
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Why are rainbows in an arc shape?
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tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape
hard protuberance; hard swelling or rising; bunch; lump
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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catastrophe
 
 
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n.  E.g. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a catastrophe that destroyed most of the city.
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majority; main part; volume; mass
slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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complication
 
 
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n.  E.g. What is the most common complication after laparoscopic surgery?
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wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
someone who has given long service
complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation
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dine
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. In the afternoon, gentlemen from the neighborhood usually visited, and sometimes stayed to dine with him.
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import or export without paying customs duties
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
eat principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
ignore; disregard; fail to notice ; watch over
become worse; decline; fall
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feast
 
 
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n.  E.g. After the feast, there was a refreshing season of rest and chat in the shade of spreading oaks.
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festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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instruct
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. She had to instruct the students to work on their pronunciation.
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do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
teach; make aware of
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
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ministry
 
 
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n.  E.g. The ministry has tried to develop a management strategy this year but it has not been implemented because of scarce resources.
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fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
original work used as a model; original type
act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
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motto
 
 
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n.  E.g. I often win money at cards but never save a penny. "easy come, easy go" is my motto.
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product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
inherent ability; quickness in learning and understanding
field covered with grass; meadow
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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pretentious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. In the old world, Munich offers the closest analogy to St. Petersburg, that not only by half-occupied areas, but by pretentious and pseudo-classic architecture.
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descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law
intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
having or showing great excitement and interest
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
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shaft
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. We don't know if we're going down to the ground floor or to the basement or whether the entire lift shaft is empty and we're plunging to our doom.
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axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
convention; standard; rule
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
elevation especially above sea level; height
unanticipated or sudden check in progress; change from better to worse; obstacle, delay, or disadvantage
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sufficient
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid.
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lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
knowing; skillful; artful; designing; deceitful
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
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twinkle
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. Stars twinkle in the sky above us, above you, and above them.
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stop; bring to an end or halt
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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