Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

airsickness

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n. E.g. An airsickness bag is a bag commonly provided to passengers onboard airplanes and boats to collect and contain vomit in the case of motion sickness.

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meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
motion sickness experienced while traveling by air
long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries
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briskness

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n. E.g. All these vehicles went by with a cheerful briskness; there was hardly ever a block for them in the traffic.

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outside; external or outward appearance
one that takes the place of another; a replacement
liveliness and eagerness; quickness; vigor or rapidity in action
practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; system of symbols or representations
music with a syncopated melody; musical form, predating jazz
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dated

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a. E.g. For an average insurance requirement and an average dated car the breakeven point declines to 15 000 km a year.

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marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
old-fashioned; obsolete
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
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entrepreneur

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n. E.g. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepreneur from trying new fields of business activity.

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mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
occupant; one that pays rent to use land or building
outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
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frivolity

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n. E.g. While the first impression of a traditional clown may be one of frivolity, the exaggerated makeup, clothing, expressions.

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new or different interpretation
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
measuring instrument to detect distant objects by microwave
one who amuses people, such as a singer, dancer, comedian, magician
not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
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hike

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v. E.g. We plan to hike the Rockies this summer.

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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
restrict in movement; circumscribe
long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
praise; assign great social importance to
occur in a successive manner; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
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media

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n. E.g. Science fiction in media is exponentially bigger as a market than science fiction in literary form.

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practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual
public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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overload

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v. E.g. Don't overload the car. It’s dangerous!

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prove genuine; establish authenticity of
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
place too much a load on
make too high an estimate of
oust; discharge; force or drive out
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pose

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v. E.g. We don't know the woman who pose for Leonardo so often.

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make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
make or become free of frost or ice
take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
make by hand and with much skill
pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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reconstruct

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v. E.g. The Huskies must reconstruct their offensive line to protect its quarterback.

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make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in angry or sharp tone
oust; discharge; force or drive out
preserve by chilling; cool or chill something
construct again; rebuild; reconstitute
proliferate; increase; combine by multiplication
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stately

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a. E.g. One saw life-sized ladies and gentlemen dancing in stately rounds or laughing under trees and among flowers and butterflies.

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pertinent; having connection with matter at hand
made at home, usually by hands
of plants; planted or grown in a pot
majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
old; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period
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vaccinate

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v. E.g. We vaccinate against scarlet fever.

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make whole; combine; make into one unit
operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
perform or produce immunity
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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