Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

amenity

(1)

n. E.g. This spacious travel amenity kit lets you bring all the comforts of home.

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meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell
quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
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choreograph

(2)

v. E.g. He will choreograph the meeting between the two Presidents carefully.

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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
plan and oversee the development and details
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
make something double; bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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constricted

(3)

a. E.g. Italy was left with an increasingly constricted economy that has grown at less than 1% on average per year in the last decade.

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nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand
of large size for its weight
contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others
not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
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dimension

(4)

n. E.g. Describing time as a dimension is a natural assumption.

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deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
particle; a very small spot ; stain
prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length; size; aspect; element
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
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fluorescent

(5)

a. E.g. The proposal for genetic modification involves inserting a fluorescent protein into the virus.

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of or relating to or caused by gravitation
luminous; bright; emitting visible light
pressing; compelling immediate action or attention
plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
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inconvenient

(6)

a. E.g. It is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen.

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preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
hard to find; absent or rare; limited
in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
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logic

(7)

n. E.g. Your paper lacks the logic to prove your thesis.

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physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place
one who makes or repairs articles of silver
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
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nonconformist

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n. E.g. You can feel the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers from his story.

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one who has received an academicals or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study
medical treatment that involves cutting open a person's body
playing field where sports events take place; large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional
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pledge

(9)

n. E.g. The world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a solemn pledge to reduce poverty and hunger by 2015.

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professor; a learned person
promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
organ or seat of intellect; understanding or imagination
lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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recur

(10)

v. E.g. This story will recur lots of times in next month.

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prevent by taking action in advance
reappear; happen or occur again
overspread the surface; envelop; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect
pierce; go through; permeate
praise; assign great social importance to
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spiritual

(11)

a. E.g. As the spiritual is the home of wonders, so also is it the field of brightest exploits.

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offensive; characterized by insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront
out of breath; breathing with difficulty, as from tension or excitemen
penniless, without any money; financially ruined
not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
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unspoiled

(12)

a. E.g. Molokai, Hawaii is still an unspoiled treasure, with no buildings higher than three stories.

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not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
not decayed or decomposed
make resistant to fire
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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