CPE Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your CPE vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level CPE vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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This app, CPE Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you build CPE vocabulary with a built-in set of 1200 basic words from the 4000 CPE Vocabulary List.

The app's primary functionality is to create CPE 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 CPE Vocabulary Test Online is free. It needs to store your test data because its core features rely on results from previous practices. So you should sign up for any activities. 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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adopt
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. In a late-night session, the United States, which has blocked most of the recent efforts to adopt resolutions on the Middle East, put forward its own proposal and rallied Council support.
Select answer:
accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
cause to be interested or curious; captivate
astonish; affect with wonder
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blame
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Dr David Viner from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Britain says that natural variability in the weather is probably to blame but human influence can't be ruled out.
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hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax
convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
associate; join
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure
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convinced
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Although a majority of countries are in favor, some Arab states are apparently not convinced that Israel needs to be accommodated in this way.
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concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
certain, sure
coming to maturity; coming into existence
absolutely; completely
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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delegate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The president decided to delegate the task to a subordinate.
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assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit
authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
bait; charm; attract
abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
analyze; examine; identify
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doubt
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. There could be no doubt that it had a VERY turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose.
Select answer:
being in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything
coins collectively
act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
context and environment in which something is set
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hatch
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. It is not easy to watch that young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch.
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congest; jam
declare; announce
breed; emerge from the egg
compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
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intricate
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. By contrast Peirce's logic is reasonably clear, and he takes great pains to work it out in intricate detail; basically it is the whole logical apparatus of the physical and social sciences.
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continuous; existing
differing in some characteristics; various
any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor
deceptive
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
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option
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. The Euro made its debut in the financial markets three years ago and it has been an option for any non-cash transaction ever since.
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act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube
any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
a heavy textile with a woven design
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pretense
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. In this essay, the author examines the theme of pretense in Hamlet , or the contrast between illusion and reality.
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a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
an orderly pile; heap; a large number ; arrange in pile
action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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screw
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. He was held in his precarious position by ice screw and rope.
Select answer:
cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
appointee; candidate
channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture; conductor having low resistance in parallel
attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
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stark
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The weeping figure with his head bowed as the earlier death sentence was passed, stood in stark contrast to the confident and charismatic man who brought down democracy in May 2000.
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comparable; similar or alike
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
bare; complete or extreme
dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
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volume
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The remains, much reduced in volume from the original, had been preserved in the silver box.
Select answer:
a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
beyond the regular time
an event that departs from expectations; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
amusement; entertainment
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