Test sheet for CELPIP Vocabulary Test Online

asset

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n. E.g. Hilary Rosen, of the Recording Industry Association of America: American intellectual property is our nation's greatest trade asset.

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collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval
crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
grave or tomb; ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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blush

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v. E.g. We all saw the girl blush when a young man whistled as she walked by.

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plant; place seeds in or on
become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
spot; locate or identify with precision
cause to be uneasy; wear away
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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contrast

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n. E.g. In contrast, the Prime Minister's aides are preparing his defense, saying that at the time, the entire cabinet backed the move to war, and that he's willing to implement all the committee's recommendations.

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tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants
flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
act of distinguishing by comparing differences
diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
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eccentric

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a. E.g. People came up with some eccentric ideas for dealing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet's tail!.

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departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye
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germ

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n. E.g. He finds that his diet of wheat germ and organic honey isn't nutritious at all.

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bacteria; earliest form of an organism; seed
public records; place where public records are kept
mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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intellect

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n. E.g. In this stage, the intellect is able to grasp all knowledge, and does not need to have recourse to the senses again.

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cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
achievement; accomplishment
a flat float made of logs or planks; a large number or amount or extent
ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
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mechanism

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n. E.g. On the key issue of land rights, it called for a mechanism to study ancestral links to the land.

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possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
flock; crowd; group of cattle or other domestic animals
large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
any English coin of standard value; coined money
device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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parliament

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n. E.g. Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the killing of rare animals.

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discussion; formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
visible watery vapor suspended in atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
lack of knowledge or education
fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
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precedence

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n. E.g. The mobile operators are expected to take precedence in an auction of transmission frequencies freed up by digital switchover.

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element in a mixture or compound
fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech
relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each
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renaissance

(10)

n. E.g. But he will be remembered as the man who led Italy's industrial renaissance after the damage inflicted on the country during the Second World War.

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revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture
flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains
diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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symphony

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n. E.g. We heard the Vienna symphony yesterday.

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large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment; note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
one who has charge of money; cash keeper
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
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treaty

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n. E.g. The Government has signed a treaty with Moscow.

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sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound
cleansing agent; substance that acts similarly to soap
condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
insect typically having a slender body with broad colorful wings
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
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