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.
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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!
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attain
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.
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become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
close; squeeze or press together; contract
achieve or accomplish; gain
defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
conceal or hide; envelop completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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chilly
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons.
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capable of being renewed or extended
adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
amateur; not professional
cold
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compete
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The largest portion would go into the players' pockets, but the package included payments into a players' pension account, better promotional activities, and a bonus for players who compete in all four Grand Slams and a donation to selected charities.
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call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
contest; fight
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
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit
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custodian
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Every veteran has his or her own war, and each is custodian of a unique story and memories.
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a great number; many
curator; guardian
backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
a craftsman who shapes pottery; work lightly
abbreviation
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dwarf
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarf the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax
congest; jam
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
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heterogeneous
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. This year's entering class is a remarkably heterogeneous body: it includes students from forty different states and twenty-six foreign countries, some the children of billionaires, others the offspring of welfare families.
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brief and compact; expressing much in few words
consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
crowded; populated
deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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longitude
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.
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act of decorating something; something used to beautify
beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
considerate and thoughtful act
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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novice
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. To do this appears so abrupt that the novice is apt to make a further effort to finish up the subject.
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commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
beginner; person new to a field or activity
cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
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proper
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, she carried it out into the open air.
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belonging to one; one's own; individual; belonging to natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular
about; roughly
cultured; purified; made pure
accountable; held accountable
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
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retailer
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. That puts it in the top ten of global firms, just behind energy giants like Royal Dutch Shell but ahead of the huge US retailer Wal-Mart.
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company which sells goods
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
act of searching for something
area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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swelling
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Do as what the doctor said, Put ice on the swelling ankle.
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a group of people who try to influence legislation; hall; room; a large entrance or reception room or area
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a very dark gray color
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
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vehicle
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The vehicle was driven to an underground garage where, say police, the robbers transferred four strong boxes full of cash into a getaway car.
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instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
automobile; means of conveying; medium
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
any object that can be used to hold things
act of removing from office or employment
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