Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

acidity

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n. E.g. High acidity and elevated levels of metals can seriously impair the ability of water bodies to support life, resulting in a decline in species diversity.

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pursuit of professional advancement as one's chief or sole aim
quality of having legal force or effectiveness
pH values below 7; taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
plan for anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
long narrow pillow or cushion
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celebrate

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v. E.g. To celebrate Independence Day, the Paris tourist bureau will be distributing gifts to visitors from the US and draping offices and hotels in the colors of the American flag.

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pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
prescribe; rule as a dictator
praise; assign great social importance to
make known; disclose or show
make impure; make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter
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correspondence

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n. E.g. For a long time he had been in correspondence with the chief banks in Shanghai and Macao.

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place abounding in trees or shrubs; wild forest
original work used as a model; original type
public declaration of faith
similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters
make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at same time; not intersecting
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disperse

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v. E.g. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters.

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make laws; create or pass laws
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
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extract

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n. E.g. Here is an extract from the Association for psychological science on-line journal.

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one who believes in the existence of a god; one who discriminates based on religion
emergency; pressing importance; need; pressing necessity
one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
passage from a literary work; an excerpt; something extracted
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
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impartial

(6)

a. E.g. You know, you've got to remain impartial in all of this, Sheriff.

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marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; not bright or brilliant
not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
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lull

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n. E.g. Not wanting to get wet, they waited under the cover for a lull in the rain.

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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
long, narrow upper section or crest; chain of hills or mountains
pretending to be another person; representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
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oriental

(8)

a. E.g. If he is interested in oriental languages, the new Institute of Languages will enable him to acquire knowledge of Singhalese or Bantu.

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produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
neighboring; being in contact at some point or line; joining to
recklessly; done without care or attention; inattentively
of or relating to the countries of the orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern
lighted by sun light; Illuminated by the sun
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rancher

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n. E.g. American farmers, rancher, and agricultural managers direct the activities of one of the world’s largest and most productive agricultural sectors.

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expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
one who owns or operates ranch or farm
likelihood; quality of being predictable
one following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of military or police
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section

(10)

n. E.g. The mob ran out of control along a 5 kilometer section of the main highway to Delhi, smashing fences, looting food and beating up shopkeepers.

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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
duration, continuance, term; end of something
medical treatment that involves cutting open a person's body
one of several parts; pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
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stagnant

(11)

a. E.g. Mosquitoes commonly breed in ponds of stagnant water.

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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
of a color similar to that of wood or earth; of a color which resembles brown
of or relating to the heart
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uncharted

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a. E.g. Her election would also take France into totally uncharted territory - with a woman as president for the first time in the country's history.

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not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
made or consisting of wool
not decayed or decomposed
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
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