Test sheet for CPE Vocabulary Test Online

asphyxiate

(1)

v. E.g. Carbon monoxide could build up and make you sick or even asphyxiate you.

Select answer:
deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or very serious symptoms; suffocate
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
attempt by employing effort
Don't select.

bicameral

(2)

a. E.g. The United States Congress is a bicameral body.

Select answer:
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections
concerning; simultaneous
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
Don't select.

cornet

(3)

n. E.g. I love to play cornet - and it is a very versatile instrument.

Select answer:
competitor; conflicting; competing; someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another
act of doing or performing again
body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning
a check issued in payment of wages or salary
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
Don't select.

dogged

(4)

a. E.g. Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.

Select answer:
ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible
differed; diversified; various
chief; serving as an essential component
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
Don't select.

flag

(5)

v. E.g. When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team's spirits seemed to flag.

Select answer:
try to conceal something; disguise; hide under a false appearance
activate; stimulate
associate; join
cure; make or get healthy again
become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
Don't select.

girder

(6)

n. E.g. Discovery astronauts spent six and a half hours today unhooking a huge girder from the backbone of the International Space Station.

Select answer:
arms
case for sword blade; sheath
beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
conductor of a band
Don't select.

longitude

(7)

n. E.g. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.

Select answer:
act of accompanying someone or something
air
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
a thing of very little value or importance
Don't select.

patch

(8)

n. E.g. I put on my clean flight suit, with rank on my shoulders and name patch on my chest.

Select answer:
act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
assigning to a class or category
a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
anything which is longing for
Don't select.

philosophy

(9)

n. E.g. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia and served as press secretary for Kucinich for President in 2004.

Select answer:
accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death
a barrier that surrounds something to protect it
body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning
a cassette for videotape
act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
Don't select.

scholarly

(10)

a. E.g. Much of scholarly research is learning what others have discovered and building on it.

Select answer:
developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
consecutive
a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
considerable; perceptible
academic; scientific; characteristic of scholars or scholarship
Don't select.

starvation

(11)

n. E.g. He said the lack of sustainable food production was contributing to severe shortages which threatened more than thirty million Africans with starvation.

Select answer:
a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick
act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
a craftsman who works with stone or brick
any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances
barrel or cask for liquor; enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals
Don't select.

tempting

(12)

a. E.g. I know she would! The Widow Douglas' splendid hospitality was tempting bait.

Select answer:
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
contradictory; conflicting
deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
attractive; appealing
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
Don't select.