Test sheet for ECPE Test for Vocabulary

akin

(1)

a. E.g. Spanish is akin to Latin.

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metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
of the same kin; related by blood
greater rank or station or quality; excellent
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
mixed; experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
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beneath

(2)

ad. E.g. That my mother had married him against the wishes of her friends, who considered the match beneath her.

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of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded and plump
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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defense

(3)

n. E.g. Sanitation is the best defense against disease.

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protection from harm
partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
quality of being adaptable or variable
loud low dull continuous noise; fight between rival gangs of adolescents
payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract
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equitable

(4)

a. E.g. I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one that will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

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penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
present at birth; inborn; innate
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column
not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
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fortify

(5)

v. E.g. Allowing women to join the infantry and take on combat positions, would fortify military efforts.

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make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
preserve by chilling; cool or chill something
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interlocking

(6)

a. E.g. An interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check.

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relating to or associated with flowers
linked or locked closely together; act of meshing together
capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
lucky; bringing something good and unforeseen
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mobile

(7)

a. E.g. The mobile blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.

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without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
perceptive; involving or derived from the senses
queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
movable; not fixed; fluid; unstable
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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.

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organ or seat of intellect; understanding or imagination
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
poverty; removal of rank or office; taking away
person who establishes an organization, business
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
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predictability

(9)

n. E.g. What they can’t stand, he says, is not predictability.

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protection from harm
plea; formal message requesting something
likelihood; quality of being predictable
patron; one that buys goods or services
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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repress

(10)

v. E.g. In order to curb her impetuosity, Anne's parents tried not to repress her high spirits.

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prescribe; rule as a dictator
monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
provide with new tools; revise or reorganize
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
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sparse

(11)

a. E.g. No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.

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morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
obscured by fog
not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
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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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mainly; much greater in number or influence
expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
of or relating to or resulting from industry; having highly developed industries
perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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