Test sheet for CPE Vocabulary Test Online

anatomy

(1)

n. E.g. But only for a minute--only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart--or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy, and not hypercritical, anyway.

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a quantity of small objects flying through air
cooling agent; causing cooling or freezing
general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
clump; cluster; gathering
detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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celebrity

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n. E.g. He was a baseball celebrity.

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any large macrurous crustacean used as food
act of distinguishing by comparing differences
a widely known person
act of changing or altering
crystal of snow
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compressed

(3)

a. E.g. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.

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compact
characterized by unrest or disorder
complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
able to pay for
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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crab

(4)

n. E.g. He caught a crab and lost the race.

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breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
a person from whom you are descended
a hand tool for driving screws
combination; mixture; forming uniform mixture
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
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feud

(5)

n. E.g. "Why, where were you raised? Don't you know what a feud is?" "Never heard of it before--tell me about it."

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church; place of worship
appointee; candidate
amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape
bitter quarrel between two parties
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footpath

(6)

n. E.g. A unique design in a footpath that people, especially tourists, love to follow as they wander the downtown core of Saint John, New Brunswick.

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bribery; fraud
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
a trodden path
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
a musician who performs a single
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mechanism

(7)

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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branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
demonstration; show
any of various similar or related coelenterates
device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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naked

(8)

a. E.g. The brightened comet in the constellation Virgo may even be visible to the naked eye, allowing members of the public around the world to join in this historic moment in astronomy.

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bare and pure; completely unclothed
a little; a bit
appropriate for people with good incomes
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms
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polygon

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n. E.g. Triangle is polygon with three sides.

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color; dye with a color
a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge; usually hard outer covering that encases certain organism
consistent; standardized; clothing of a particular group
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reparable

(10)

a. E.g. Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.

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capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
coming to maturity; coming into existence
continuing forever or indefinitely
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
able to pay for
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synthetic

(11)

a. E.g. Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements.

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accountable; held accountable
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
causing or characterized by addiction
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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topographical

(12)

a. E.g. She is a topographical engineer.

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concerned with topography
climbing; rising
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
being involved in doing something rather than just talking about it
between or among stars
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