Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

arrange

(1)

v. E.g. Just five years earlier, Carter and I had helped arrange the federal loan guarantee that saved Chrysler from bankruptcy.

Select answer:
make less severe or harsh; moderate
put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
move back and forth; mark with crossing lines
perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
Don't select.

burdensome

(2)

a. E.g. The burdensome task of preparing the income tax return was assigned to him.

Select answer:
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
not easily borne; wearing; causing uneasiness or fatigue
moving or removal; change from one place
relating to the near future; limited to short distances
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
Don't select.

concert

(3)

n. E.g. The campaign will kick off with a huge concert in Cape Town at the end of next month.

Select answer:
liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
one of four equal parts; a fourth part or portion
performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; harmony; accord
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
process of becoming spoiled; impairing the value or quality of
Don't select.

eligible

(4)

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

Select answer:
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable
of or relating to or connected with residence
of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders; depicted or represented on horseback
qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
Don't select.

fund

(5)

n. E.g. An activist from Burundi lambasted the world's richer nations for not putting money into the global fund to fight AIDS.

Select answer:
money; capital; a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; finance; subsidize
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters
profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
Don't select.

harmonic

(6)

a. E.g. A harmonic tone consists of a sum of pure tones.

Select answer:
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
most frequent; widespread; predominant
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
Don't select.

ionosphere

(7)

n. E.g. The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation.

Select answer:
words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
memory; remembrance; power of recalling ideas to the mind
outer region of the Earth's atmosphere
person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily
machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; one that supplies food:
Don't select.

outcry

(8)

n. E.g. Improvements to our education system will require relentless and vocal outcry from the parents whose children suffer most from the current schools.

Select answer:
place where animals are kept
relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
emergency; pressing importance; need; pressing necessity
Don't select.

quotation

(9)

n. E.g. Since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation in speech.

Select answer:
of or relating to locomotion; a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
process of extracting moisture
passage or expression that is quoted or cited; practice of quoting from books
one who manages a government agency or department
Don't select.

residential

(10)

a. E.g. The explosion did not cause any casualties, but it was under the tip of our noses in a Shell residential compound.

Select answer:
lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
of tens; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
not agreeing with tastes or expectations
owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
of or relating to or connected with residence
Don't select.

survey

(11)

n. E.g. A Bank of Israel survey has now shown that the number of families living below the poverty line in Israel tripled between 1988 and 2001.

Select answer:
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
poll; detailed critical inspection
one who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed
outline; biographical sketch
Don't select.

unparalleled

(12)

a. E.g. Edmund Wilson's perception gave him an unparalleled understanding of American literature and life.

Select answer:
of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in manner of a monument
without parallel, equal, or match; unequaled
having the nature of an idiom; characteristic of a given language
of or belonging to heaven or god
Don't select.