Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

automated

(1)

a. E.g. Engineers strive to combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems.

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mechanical; automatic; accomplished without the intervention of a human operator
of or relating to training or instruction
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
likely to develop in a desirable manner; affording hope
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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champion

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v. E.g. Martin Luther King, Jr., they believe he could champion the oppressed in their struggle for equality.

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provide or raise the funds or capital for; supply funds to
pile up; collect; mount up; increase
protect or fight for as first place
put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
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dehydration

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n. E.g. The signs of dehydration include muscle pain and fatigue.

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regionalism; localism; a lack of sophistication
portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes
nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
overstatement; act of making something more noticeable than usual
process of extracting moisture; dryness resulting from the removal of water
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eligible

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a. E.g. But turnout was extremely disappointing, only around forty five per cent of eligible voters.

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penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
of gas; gas-like; lacking substance or concreteness
not in accordance with the season
qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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gourmet

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n. E.g. The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.

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place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
long, narrow upper section or crest; chain of hills or mountains
liquid that is produced naturally in the mouth
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
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heyday

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n. E.g. In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.

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make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at same time; not intersecting
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
passage or expression that is quoted or cited; practice of quoting from books
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linguistic

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a. E.g. The modern tourist will encounter very little linguistic difficulty as English has become an almost universal language.

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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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orbit

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n. E.g. One Japanese company is already taking advance bookings for visits to a space resort that's meant to orbit the earth.

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one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking of refinement or sophistication
path; circle; move in an orbit; encircle
medical treatment that involves cutting open a person's body
of or relating to locomotion; a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
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pledge

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n. E.g. The world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a solemn pledge to reduce poverty and hunger by 2015.

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quality of moving freely; movement; motion
partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
quantity that can be carried by a train; large amount
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rudimentary

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a. E.g. One teacher is assigned for four years to the homeroom class, which combines lessons in rudimentary social skills with those in computer and civics.

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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
outstanding; principal; of or consisting of stars
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large
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specimen

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n. E.g. They collected a urine specimen for analysis.

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model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
one who advocates equal rights for women
person who is considered for something; person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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tenant

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n. E.g. If a tenant is too dangerous to be living among the free, the state and only the state should make that determination and restrict his abode.

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occupant; one that pays rent to use land or building
quality of being adaptable or variable
outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move
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