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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alignment
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When you want an alignment that covers the whole length of both sequences, use needle.
Select answer:
any disease-producing agent
a source of materials to nourish the body
arrangement; association; alliance
core port; nucleus; heart; center
cold-blooded vertebrate including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles
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betray
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The two spies betray their country by selling military secrets to the enemy.
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deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
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contract
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The heat will contract the woollen garment.
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cross; meet; meet at a point
develop; grow
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
cause to be at a disadvantage; impede; cripple; hinder
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deform
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The heat will deform the plastic sculpture.
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detail; designate
anticipate; predict
be broadcast on television or radio
change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
cause to seem more splendid; beautify
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faction
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. This faction is aligned with the NY and regional board members; in combination, they now have a thin majority on the National Board.
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bush
celestial bodies that revolve around the sun
a party of persons having a common end in view
a more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense or motion
associate; partner
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hypothesis
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. A hypothesis is a tentative statement that proposes a possible.
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a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
assumption; theory
a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting
bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
animal order including monkeys and apes and human beings; senior clergyman
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interstellar
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. As interstellar dust and debris crashes into the earth's upper atmosphere, it burns up in an intense streak of light across the night sky.
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deadly; causing or capable of causing death
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
being on time; punctual; performed without delay
deceptive
between or among stars
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obtainable
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable.
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continued; maintained at length without interruption or weakening
apparent; measurable
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
available; capable of being obtained
covered with or resembling slime or mess mud
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pit
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. You have to pit a chess player against the Russian champion.
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
captivate; cause to be interested or curious; plot for: scheme for
cause; apply; exercise
avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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rhetoric
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. If his rhetoric is any indication, the president appears to be headed in the right direction.
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crack; a crack in the earth; defect; flaw; a wrong action
any small compartment
by-product; something derived
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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soloist
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Although there may be passages where only the soloist is playing, generally the solo part is accompanied by the orchestra.
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association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization
activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character
a musician who performs a single
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
Don't select.
theft
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The main problem in arresting the theft is a lack of political will.
Select answer:
brass musical instrument with brilliant tone
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
degree of exposure to public notice
act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
Don't select.
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