CPE Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your CPE vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level CPE vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Action Panel
 Questions & Answers
Show  
 Introduction
This app, CPE Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you build CPE vocabulary with a built-in set of 1200 basic words from the 4000 CPE Vocabulary List.

The app's primary functionality is to create CPE 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 CPE Vocabulary Test Online is free. It needs to store your test data because its core features rely on results from previous practices. So you should sign up for any activities. 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!
Demo Test Sheet

accessibility
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Whitehouse.gov includes several features designed to improve accessibility for users with disabilities. Some of these features are described below.
Select answer:
activity of making portraits; a word picture of a person's appearance and character
attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
an object that goes around the sun
act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
Don't select.
calibration
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. We explain in this work why a straight calibration to published files.
Select answer:
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
adjustment; measurement
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
a person qualified to practice dentistry
Don't select.
confederacy
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. This site provides complete details of the confederacy from its beginning in 1861 to its end in 1865.
Select answer:
a drama set to music and consists of singing
board on which painter mixes pigments
a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
act of finding oneself position; position or alignment relative to points of directions; course introducing new situation
alliance
Don't select.
displacement
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. The humanitarian community is increasingly aware of the crisis of internal displacement which affects over 20 million people worldwide.
Select answer:
birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
act of removing from office or employment
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
creek; stream
composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than formal paper
Don't select.
education
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged.
Select answer:
a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
creek; stream
act or process of educating; the result of educating
a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
capacity to attract intense interest
Don't select.
fray
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
Select answer:
device containing such a material, especially one used to extract impurities from air or water
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
blood vessel that carries blood
area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
Don't select.
infectious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The burden of infectious diseases, including HIV, as well as chronic conditions, coupled with a lack of health care, has led to this situation.
Select answer:
contagious; contaminating
able to feel; responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
busy; energetic; vigorous
aptly; properly
caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
Don't select.
neon
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. From a distance, downtown Johannesburg looks impressive, a collection of skyscrapers and neon lights.
Select answer:
any animals kept for use or profit
adornment made of precious metals, as a bracelet or ring or necklace
contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube
assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
Don't select.
puncture
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. If they get a nail, it is easy to puncture a tire.
Select answer:
convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
try to conceal something; disguise; hide under a false appearance
Don't select.
replica
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. The iconic icehouse, demolished last year and rebuilt in replica, is situated in the west orchards.
Select answer:
amusement; entertainment
any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in meal
dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees
copy or reproduction of a work of art
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
Don't select.
smother
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. They try to smother fires as soon as possible.
Select answer:
confront; encounter; be opposite
accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen
change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
conceal or hide; envelop completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Don't select.
vivid
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. All that might sound as if it could be slightly irritating, but it isn't at all because it's written with tremendous verve and vigor - really short, fast, vivid, colorful sentences.
Select answer:
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
arrogant; characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Don't select.
Create my Test Sheet