Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

accelerated

(1)

a. E.g. Khronos has set up a working group to create a standard for accelerated 3D graphics on the web.

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relating to group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
of or belonging to heaven or god
planned or accomplished together; combined
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
rapid; caused to move faster
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careerism

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n. E.g. Numerous writers have outlined the dangers of isolation and careerism in the American society.

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optical device for projecting a beam of light
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
pursuit of professional advancement as one's chief or sole aim
long heroic poem, or similar work of art
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congestion

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n. E.g. International contractors started tunneling under this city of fifteen million to help relieve horrendous congestion.

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pouch or pouch-like structure in a plant or an animal, sometimes filled with fluid
liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
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drag

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v. E.g. We would drag the truth out of the reluctant witness before any decision.

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mark the time of; assign a date to
pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
move or bring by force or with great effort
overlay with other cords going round and round it; take or move by a sudden motion; clean completely
make use of, sometimes unjustly
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extend

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v. E.g. The station will be allowed to fly unmanned until February or March, in the hope that private sponsors can be persuaded to extend its life.

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open or straighten something out; unbend; prolong
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
receive from an ancestor by legal succession or will; receive by bequest or as a legacy
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illusion

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n. E.g. Puncturing this illusion is the key to winning the battle of ideas.

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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
part of government which makes laws
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literacy

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n. E.g. Critics believe the measures will discriminate against migrants with low levels of literacy and for whom English is not their first language.

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purse; wallet; pocket-sized paperback book
reading and writing; ability to read and write
life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material; attendant to protect swimmers
part or portion; share; indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; distribution; arrangement
one who contracts to build things; a party to a contract
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mouth

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

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one who is absent or not in residence
painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
mud; thick sticky slippery substance; cover or stain with something
opening through which an animal receives food; aperture between jaws or between lips
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portrait

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n. E.g. Are we safe to assume that this portrait is of the same scene we've seen in that picture?

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message that helps to remember something
natural or artificial channel through which water flows
poverty; removal of rank or office; taking away
pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
portraiture; picture; likeness of a person, especially one showing the face
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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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nutritional plan; nourishment; a prescribed selection of foods
moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
liveliness and eagerness; quickness; vigor or rapidity in action
one who diets, usually in an effort to lose weight
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suppress

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v. E.g. What they suppress is far more important than what they report.

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move from one country or region to another and settle there
move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
overlay with other cords going round and round it; take or move by a sudden motion; clean completely
put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
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unconvincing

(12)

a. E.g. Sorry – but this is unconvincing from a moral or strategic point of view.

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rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
not such as to convince or to impress seriously
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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