Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

authentic

(1)

a. E.g. It is authentic, genuine, and a true and correct copy of the original.

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not having been fertilized; made for no more suitable for growth
more than adequate; willing to give and share unstintingly
not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
not decayed or decomposed
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bare

(2)

a. E.g. Silent in bare feet, he swiftly crossed the cold marble floor, sliding into bed just as the door creaked open.

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no fixed or regular course; wandering
overwhelming; tempting; charming
old; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period
precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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crawl

(3)

v. E.g. The crocodile can crawl along the riverbed.

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relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
plunge, especially headfirst, into water; plummet
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
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elevator

(4)

n. E.g. At least one elevator got stuck each day, trapping people inside, although no-one was injured.

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public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that run between two points; spacecraft
money collected under a tariff
periodic rise and fall of the sea level
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage
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forerunner

(5)

n. E.g. Doug Engelbart helped launch the Internet's forerunner, the Arpanet.

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particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
state or quality of being equal
protective covering or structure; protect; guard
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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independent

(6)

a. E.g. Tom decided that he could be independent of Becky Thatcher now.

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most outstanding; highest; superior
emotionally affected; impressed
not second hand; not copied or translated from something else
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
of or relating to training or instruction
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kinetic

(7)

a. E.g. For the electric automobile, light and efficient storage batteries is the source of the kinetic energy to propel the vehicle.

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prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
major; important; outweighing
not giving satisfaction; inadequate
tending to produce infectious disease; destructive
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obsolete

(8)

a. E.g. But the content is very difficult to locate, and often in obsolete video formats.

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of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
producing new life or offspring
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possess

(9)

v. E.g. The most important thing which an enterprise should possess is the ability to believe in oneself.

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occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
put into motion or action; activate
obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
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ripe

(10)

a. E.g. Henry always eats them before they're ripe, which is rather hard.

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prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
ready; fully developed; mature
not able to be corrected or repaired
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
during current time; presently
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suburb

(11)

n. E.g. The accident occurred towards the end of the morning rush hour in a suburb of Osaka, and the train was crowded with nearly 600 people on board.

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property of something that can be hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking
profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
oil; fat; state of being covered with unclean things
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weird

(12)

a. E.g. I think it's good for a person and good for the work eventually, in weird ways that don't pop out immediately.

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mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
most outstanding; highest; superior
proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
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