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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attorney
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Did this attorney mean to throw away his client's life without an effort?
Select answer:
heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
increase by natural growth or addition; concentration
homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
Don't select.
bloom
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish.
Select answer:
flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause; feeling of excitement
distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
Don't select.
consumption
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. British officials say the rules are clear: you can only bring in cheap alcohol and tobacco from the European mainland if it's for your own consumption.
Select answer:
eating or drinking of something
flavoring; spice; act of adding a seasoning to food
humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
Don't select.
divert
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The UN Security Council should threaten sanctions against those who divert cocoa revenue into West African conflicts.
Select answer:
raise to a higher grade or standard; advance
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
Don't select.
flux
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. While conditions are in such a state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.
Select answer:
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
existence; remaining alive
animal kept for amusement or companionship
fine crack in a surface or glaze; short-lived popular fashion; inordinate desire or longing; passion
Don't select.
haul
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. He tried to haul the huge companies into court.
Select answer:
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
Don't select.
instinct
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. It often puts EU into conflict with members, such as Germany, whose natural instinct was to protect industries that employed thousands of people.
Select answer:
electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
inborn pattern of behavior ; nature
image of something as reflected by mirror; remark expressing careful consideration
group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
Don't select.
mighty
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Investment guru Warren Buffett comes in at number two, worth ten billion less than the mighty Bill.
Select answer:
impossible to reverse or be reversed
harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
eating away by chemicals or disease
impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand
Don't select.
ravine
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The chopper crashed into a mountain ravine on Tuesday, apparently after being hit by rebel fire.
Select answer:
going from one state of action to another
insect that carries pollen from one flower to another
gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
general course of conduct; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance; informal dialogue
Don't select.
shocking
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement describing the punishments as shocking and inconsistent.
Select answer:
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
jolting; frightful; terrible; highly disturbing emotionally; highly offensive
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive; being to draw or pull
Don't select.
sticky
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In such a winter morning we felt sticky and chilly at the same time.
Select answer:
distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste
habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
for a limited time only
Don't select.
wavy
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. This scarf is really simple and easy - but the wavy ribs cause the edges of the scarf to curve in and out, making it look more complicated than it is.
Select answer:
fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude; bearing character or power of another; acting for another or others
in the direction that the hands of a clock move
inspired by love for one's country
in waves; fluctuate; having curls
interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
Don't select.
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