Test sheet for CELPIP Vocabulary Test Online

admission

(1)

n. E.g. He gained admission into this university.

Select answer:
preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment; influence in unfair way
bacteria; earliest form of an organism; seed
tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
plan of trip; guidebook for traveler
act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter
Don't select.

clutch

(2)

v. E.g. "Oh! come, Jane, come!" As he said this, he released me from his hands and did not clutch again, only looked at me.

Select answer:
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
Don't select.

cunning

(3)

a. E.g. I told him I knew nothing of him myself; I had heard him characterized as a cunning man.

Select answer:
liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained
knowing; skillful; artful; designing; deceitful
awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
invigorating; energizing; pleasantly new or different
Don't select.

dreary

(4)

a. E.g. Boston has had a fair share of cold, rainy and just plain dreary weather over the last couple of months

Select answer:
gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
native; originating where it is found
Don't select.

generate

(5)

v. E.g. Their primary concern is not the health of the American people it is to maximize the revenue they can generate from the American people.

Select answer:
receive from an ancestor by legal succession or will; receive by bequest or as a legacy
shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
make use of, sometimes unjustly
bring into being; give rise to; produce
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
Don't select.

inept

(6)

a. E.g. Calling Mary socially inept is akin to describing Hurricane Katrina as a summer shower.

Select answer:
thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental; imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
Don't select.

minimal

(7)

a. E.g. In order to make it work, you need a certain minimal area of collective surface.

Select answer:
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
beating or pounding strongly
the fewest; the least possible
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
Don't select.

novelty

(8)

n. E.g. Another novelty is the Japanese garden with its bamboo fence, the posts and door of entrance being carved with remarkable taste and boldness.

Select answer:
quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
Don't select.

pervert

(9)

v. E.g. As he was charged for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, detectives arrived at the house, taking him into custody at 5.45 p.m.

Select answer:
hang freely; postpone; delay
cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition
soak; make thoroughly wet
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
Don't select.

seemingly

(10)

ad. E.g. The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.

Select answer:
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
along or by the side; side by side with
apparently; supposedly
having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
at some distance from the shore
Don't select.

strategic

(11)

a. E.g. The document laid out a long-term strategic plan to dismantle Social Security.

Select answer:
thick; crowded closely together; compact
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
important or essential in relation to a plan of action; essential to the effective conduct of war; highly important to an intended objective
everlasting; continuing without interruption
anyway; however
Don't select.

virtual

(12)

a. E.g. Today, 100 bloggers are conducting a virtual protest to decry the large numbers of out-of-wedlock births in the black community.

Select answer:
native; originating where it is found
existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
Don't select.