Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

admire

(1)

v. E.g. You may not like him, but you have got to admire his persistence.

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regard with wonder or astonishment; view with surprise; marvel at
make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
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chisel

(2)

v. E.g. That crook wanted to chisel me out of a hundred dollars when he sold me that "marble" statue he'd cut out of some cheap hunk of rock.

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put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
make a firm decision about; find a solution to
practice trickery or fraud; cheat
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
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decorative

(3)

a. E.g. It is unusual to have decorative girl's baseballs; but you can see pink baseball mitts there.

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morally or legally constraining; required; binding
ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
mechanical; automatic; accomplished without the intervention of a human operator
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
of gas; gas-like; lacking substance or concreteness
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discharge

(4)

v. E.g. There is a local warm water to discharge from a power plant.

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relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
pay back for some expense incurred
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
quote; adduce as an instance
overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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fragrant

(5)

a. E.g. How fragrant were the steam of the beverage, and the scent of the toast!

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pleasant-smelling; odorous
having the nature of an idiom; characteristic of a given language
of or relating to motor vehicles; moving by itself; self-propelling
penniless, without any money; financially ruined
radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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hike

(6)

v. E.g. We plan to hike the Rockies this summer.

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provide with new tools; revise or reorganize
long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
prevent by taking action in advance
pierce; go through; permeate
move or bring by force or with great effort
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kennel

(7)

n. E.g. She assumed her dogs in kennel in snow day.

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quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities
one that refuses to abide or be independent; an unbranded range animal
majority; main part; volume; mass
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penetrate

(8)

v. E.g. You can hear her piano practice penetrate each room of the house.

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pierce; go through; permeate
overspread the surface; envelop; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect
occur at the same time as; correspond
put down or suppress
put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
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precaution

(9)

n. E.g. It was widely predicted and the Omani government had taken the precaution of evacuating low-lying areas.

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one of digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
one who has legal title to something; owner
modification; alteration or adjustment in structure or habits
prevention; measure taken beforehand; act of foresight
official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
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restraint

(10)

n. E.g. For Fatah senior leaders, this restraint is the path to a Palestinian state.

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performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; harmony; accord
process of turning some plant material into stone
moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
nutritive material; greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
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stately

(11)

a. E.g. One saw life-sized ladies and gentlemen dancing in stately rounds or laughing under trees and among flowers and butterflies.

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treated or thought of with great kindness or partiality; favorite
majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
made at home, usually by hands
readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent
owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
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verbal

(12)

a. E.g. The police will have to find Milosevic associates linked to the killings, which are willing to testify in court that they received verbal orders from the top.

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of or relating to or comprising atoms; immeasurably small
expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
of tens; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded and plump
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