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.
Free Online Vocabulary 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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attain
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.
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adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
contest; fight
achieve or accomplish; gain
cover with frost; damage or kill by frost; anger or upset
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choir
 
 
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n.  E.g. TSome people will say that being in choir is lots of involvement because you have both rehearsals and services, which is true.
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
band or organized company of singers, especially in church service
any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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consultant
 
 
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n.  E.g. The 64 year old business consultant spoke slowly, almost awkwardly to his people, promising stable government in which no corruption would be tolerated and an acceleration of the country's integration into the EU and NATO.
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act of making a sudden noisy break
destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
an expert who gives advice
compression
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decompose
 
 
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v.  E.g. Unless the plastic is specially designed to decompose in the soil, such materials can last a very long time.
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adjust again after an initial failure
congest; jam
destroy; step on
decay
depict; describe; draw
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encourage
 
 
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v.  E.g. This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup.
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activate; stimulate
decide upon and express in words
bump; hit; conflict
delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
broadcast; announce; make public
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forefront
 
 
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n.  E.g. One would think that with security issues being at the forefront of plane flights that if one wore less that would be considered a good thing.
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
cutting edge; front
composition; structure; the way in which someone or something is composed
column; post
a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
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lively
 
 
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a.  E.g. On the international stage, a lively debate was already raging between those who support American engagement in world institutions and those who believe the United States should use its strength to work unilaterally.
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considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
busy; energetic; vigorous
constantly; always
a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
a regulated daily food allowance; of or relating to the diet
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opposition
 
 
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n.  E.g. In the end, the Southern Africa supporters of the Zimbabwe government under-estimated the opposition across the Commonwealth.
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consistent; standardized; clothing of a particular group
a quantity of small objects flying through air
belt; band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
condition of being in conflict; act of opposing something
a list of names
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puzzle
 
 
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n.  E.g. I noticed that she was working on the crossword puzzle from the Post when were first got there.
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a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
difficult question or problem
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
an event that happens
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repetition
 
 
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n.  E.g. Suddenly there was a flash of light and Tom came tearing by him: "Run!" said he; "run, for your life!" He needn't have repeated it; once was enough; Huck was making thirty or forty miles an hour before the repetition was uttered.
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competitor; conflicting; competing; someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another
act of doing or performing again
detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
bitter quarrel between two parties
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surcharge
 
 
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n.  E.g. Amongst the ideas already mooted; vehicles which are lighter and more aerodynamic and therefore consume less fuel or imposing a surcharge on some of the larger cars and vans in order to deter people from buying them.
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an additional charge; charge an extra fee
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
a whip used to inflict punishment
covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
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viability
 
 
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n.  E.g. Economic viability, including the environmental and social benefits deriving from forests, is a pre-requisite for wider adoption of sustainable forest management practices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said today.
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a tiny piece of anything
capable of normal growth and development
a parallelogram with four right angles
a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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