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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arc
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Why are rainbows in an arc shape?
Select answer:
continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape
difference in electrical charge between two points
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere
competing as for profit or prize
Don't select.
barbecue
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The authorities believe it could have been started by a barbecue which had not been put out properly and have announced that they will be questioning suspects in the morning.
Select answer:
company owned by the parent company or holding company
axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
bottom of a sea or ocean
act of finding oneself position; position or alignment relative to points of directions; course introducing new situation
Don't select.
correspond
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. My Russian pen pal and I correspond for several years.
Select answer:
assign the roles of; choose at random
break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
cross; meet; meet at a point
close; squeeze or press together; contract
be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages
Don't select.
creditor
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. It would be a very remarkable circumstance if the balance due from any debtor bank should be exactly the same as the balance due to some creditor bank.
Select answer:
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
an attribute that must be met
bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; bottom surface of a plow
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
Don't select.
erect
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Up the blood rushed to his face; forth flashed the fire from his eyes; erect he sprang; he held his arms out; but I evaded the embrace, and at once quitted the room.
Select answer:
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
construct; stand; set up
Don't select.
genesis
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. But let's rewind, back to the beginning, as their genesis is available for all to read online.
Select answer:
a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun
coming into being of something; origin
crystal of snow
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
a parallelogram with four right angles
Don't select.
impulse
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down "ing" and holm till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
Select answer:
act of removing or getting rid of something
narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward
Don't select.
offshore
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. It's now operating Russia's first offshore oil platform in the sea close to Sakhalin.
Select answer:
accompanying
direct and outspoken but good-natured
differed; diversified; various
automatic; monotonous; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
at some distance from the shore
Don't select.
possession
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. She will also retain possession of her father's home, and many of his personal effects.
Select answer:
combination of two or more elements or parts
capable of normal growth and development
act of having and controlling property; belongings
any substance used to make soil more fertile
advance or set forth in court; association organized to promote art or science or education
Don't select.
seashore
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. The father finally let his son leave the seashore.
Select answer:
any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae
degree of visibility of your environment
assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
consolidating two or more things; union in one body ; alliance
coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
Don't select.
slice
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The opening up of nearly thirty European countries to Chinese tour groups unlocks whole new vistas for the narrow but growing slice of the population with the disposable incomes to take advantage of it.
Select answer:
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; piece; a share of something
bitter quarrel between two parties
assumption; theory
Don't select.
tavern
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. It is the door that comes out into that little close alley between the tavern and the old rattle trap of a brick store.
Select answer:
act of being present
building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
contentious speech act; argument
Don't select.
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