Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

afford

(1)

v. E.g. The deal not only reduces the cost of certain AIDS drugs, but it also gives poor countries the confidence that they can afford to treat citizens in the long-term.

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put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
occur in a successive manner; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
negate; act against
pass into or through; penetrate with hostile intent
pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
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coherence

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n. E.g. Its coherence is evident; it is too lovely and lucid to be frustrating or dull.

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measuring instrument for detecting the intensity, direction, and duration of movements of the ground
long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
path or track roughly through wild or hilly country; overland route
logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
number written using the base ten
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cover

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v. E.g. So I made Jim lie down in the canoe and cover up with the quilt.

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make a firm decision about; find a solution to
move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood
put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
overspread the surface; envelop; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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enhance

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v. E.g. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat.

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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
not allow; prohibit; prevent
make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
put down or suppress
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grandeur

(5)

n. E.g. The concept that matter and energy are inter-convertible strikes to the core of the universe, probably exceeds in grandeur any other picture the field of physical science.

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property of something that can be hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking
picture or likeness obtained by photography
rejection; act of excluding or shutting out
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
recognition; taste; judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one
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immediate

(6)

a. E.g. Though the child is not in immediate danger the work seems to ponder the possibilities of the outcome.

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made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
not deferred by an interval of time; present; occurring at once; instant
of or relating to or comprising atoms; immeasurably small
tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
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lay

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v. E.g. Then, Myrna crossed the room, the gun fired, and Kevin lay still and silent.

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open or straighten something out; unbend; prolong
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
make up; form something
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mouth

(8)

n. E.g. Then put your money where your mouth is and reject all the socialist benefits you now enjoy.

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quality of having legal force or effectiveness
profession devoted to governing and political affairs; study of government of states and other political units
mistake of misrepresenting the facts
pamphlet; small book usually having paper cover
opening through which an animal receives food; aperture between jaws or between lips
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primary

(9)

a. E.g. Many ordinary Iraqis appreciated that the primary UN role was humanitarian.

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causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
ordinary; having no remarkable features
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relay

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n. E.g. Second connection to the relay is a cable to the network port on the PC.

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particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to maintenance of life
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stipulation

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n. E.g. The only stipulation is that they can't have internet and bother me.

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model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
mistrust; act of suspecting something, especially something wrong, on little evidence or without proof
provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
light current of air; gentle wind; progress swiftly and effortlessly
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unconventional

(12)

a. E.g. The mother's unconventional behavior also raised many conservative eyebrows.

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of a vocation or occupation; providing a special skill rather than academic knowledge
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
not conforming to accepted rules or standards
most frequent; widespread; predominant
exhibiting courtesy and politeness; showing regard or thought for others
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