Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

administration

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n. E.g. Obviously, the key person in administration is the man in the White House.

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pitcher; vase; small, cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay
management; supervision; people who are in charge for management; activity of government for powers and duties
organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea and sound production
principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion
relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
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census

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n. E.g. There's been no census since the war began, but it's clear a huge proportion of Sri Lankan Tamils have been uprooted from their homes by this conflict.

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official examination of the details of a country's population
southeast Asian annual leguminous plant; source of oil
one who believes in the existence of a god; one who discriminates based on religion
expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader
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counterbalance

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v. E.g. It is commonplace in America to counterbalance a Democratic president with Republicans in the Congress, and vice versa.

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act as force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one
put into effect; supply with tools
practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for
make commercial; apply methods of business to for profit
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dimensional

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a. E.g. Two dimensional arrays are a little more complicated to use than previous ones.

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refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
old-fashioned; obsolete
profitable; producing good profit
worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
of or relating to dimensions
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expenditure

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n. E.g. When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep each receipt of expenditure.

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marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
payment or expense; output
long usually narrow room ; covered corridor
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move
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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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occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
receiver; one that receives or is receptive
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material; attendant to protect swimmers
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kinetic

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a. E.g. For the electric automobile, light and efficient storage batteries is the source of the kinetic energy to propel the vehicle.

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restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
of large size for its weight
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needy

(8)

a. E.g. Economists and poverty researchers say multiple factors may account for the increase in needy college graduates.

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past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
poor; indigent; being in need; impoverished
not able to be corrected or repaired
not easily moved or disturbed
queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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preeminent

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a. E.g. The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the preeminent surgeon in the field to perform the operation.

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productive; fertile; producing results; profitable
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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sentimentalize

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v. E.g. During the holidays especially, we tend to over sentimentalize family relationships, getting frustrated when it isn't necessarily so.

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put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
make laws; create or pass laws
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
quote; adduce as an instance
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significance

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n. E.g. Meanwhile officials on both sides are struggling to play down the political significance altogether and say their positions haven't actually changed.

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refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons
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utilitarian

(12)

a. E.g. Do not forget those utilitarian steel tables when moving.

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restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
practical and functional, not just for show
permitting leaks or leakage; permitting liquids to penetrate
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
like a glacier; extremely cold; lacking warmth and friendliness
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