CAE Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your CAE vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level CAE vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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Before the CAE exam, students usually try to enhance their vocabulary as much as possible. Vocabulary is definitely the base for thinking, talking, reading, and writing, which is the foundation of any language skills.

This app, CAE Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you build CAE vocabulary with a built-in set of 1200 basic words from the 4000 CAE Vocabulary List.

It is a game-style app. You don't need a detailed plan or schedule to use it. Anytime and anywhere, you can access its web pages and practice or test as long as you have the Internet. Some people use it as a tool to evaluate CAE vocabulary. Others use it to study new words or review known words. Based on lots of exercises, you may finally become familiar with the built-in vocabulary and keep it warm until the test day.

The app's primary functionality is to create CAE word question sheets dynamically. Its core features include showing quizzes and auto-checking answers. Students can also store the results of each test for further analysis. The data is helpful in comparing with previous data or even others' data to improve performance.

The app has some extra features that similar tools rarely have. It includes a sample sentence for each word, which helps a lot when learning new words. It also provides definitions of 9 languages for every word and lets ESL students select their mother language and integrate it with an English explanation.

The app needs to store your test data because its core features rely on results from previous practices. So you should sign up for any activities. The CAE Vocabulary Test Online is free. You can use a generic examword.com account (email/access code) to sign in. If you don't have an account yet, creating one only takes a few minutes. Sign up and start to enjoy this fantastic web app!
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alien
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. If you think about it, that's totally alien to what a drug company might be expected to do, because if you eradicate a disease, there's no need for that drug at all.
Select answer:
exercising power or authority; currently ruling or holding a position
high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects
dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
Don't select.
colleague
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The abduction of the Italians, along with one Iraqi colleague, was claimed by several organizations.
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle
drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
having or reflecting superior quality or value
fellow worker; associate; co-worker
Don't select.
convivial
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs.
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lacking depth or precision; fuzzy; light and airy; soft
half-open; slightly turned or opened
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive
Don't select.
drawback
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. The main drawback is that the lawn could sink as the old turf rots, so you need to build it up a little higher than you might otherwise, to allow for shrinkage.
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extreme end or tip of a finger
disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
general course of conduct; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance; informal dialogue
lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude
invoice; act; proposal; statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu
Don't select.
exceed
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. This will exceed all my expectations.
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increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; show a progressively larger illuminated area
endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
Don't select.
inability
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. They let her go because of what her inability to meet obligations under her contract.
Select answer:
incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
duplicate copy; analogue; one that closely resembles another
knife; short pointed weapon with sharp edges
lack of ability, especially mental ability, to do something
Don't select.
inspection
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Experts among his inspection team can cross-check it with existing intelligence.
Select answer:
formal or official examination
indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
large slender game fish widely distributed in warm seas; various marine cetacean mammals
epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
Don't select.
motive
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Pat's main motive is to keep the racial divide alive.
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emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern
Don't select.
quail
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The Cowardly Lion was so afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.
Select answer:
ignore; discount; take no notice of
impose something unpleasant; cause
find or declare guilty
draw back, as with fear or pain; show fear
leave out of; keep out of; reject
Don't select.
sentence
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. They fear that acing a sentence of more than 20 years in prison she may reveal crucial information about their finance system.
Select answer:
farm consisting of a large tract of land
exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
final judgment of guilty in criminal case and punishment that is imposed
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
follower; adherent; person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
Don't select.
suppose
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. One would hardly suppose that your eye was as steady as ever.
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draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort
imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe; receive as true
Don't select.
variable
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The weather is one variable to be considered in our trip.
Select answer:
humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
fish eggs; egg mass; female of any species of deer
frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
Don't select.
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