Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

automated

(1)

a. E.g. Engineers strive to combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems.

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mechanical; automatic; accomplished without the intervention of a human operator
perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
produced or stocked in large quantities to meet steady demand; main; principal
reflecting light; radiant; bright from reflected light
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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champion

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v. E.g. Martin Luther King, Jr., they believe he could champion the oppressed in their struggle for equality.

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narrate or tell; count over again
live in; occupy; reside in
put into motion or action; activate
protect or fight for as first place
observe; watch; keep an eye on
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dehydration

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n. E.g. The signs of dehydration include muscle pain and fatigue.

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person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual
one who diets, usually in an effort to lose weight
something foretold or predicted; prophecy
process of extracting moisture; dryness resulting from the removal of water
man who is a member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives
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eligible

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a. E.g. But turnout was extremely disappointing, only around forty five per cent of eligible voters.

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qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
hard to find; absent or rare; limited
of or relating to or involving light or optics
of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life
of molecules; relating to simple or basic structure or form
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gourmet

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n. E.g. The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.

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person with discriminating taste in food and wine
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
relation between things or events; shifting from one form of transportation to another
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heyday

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n. E.g. In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.

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person who establishes an organization, business
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
raid; attack; act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer
protective covering or structure; protect; guard
person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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linguistic

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a. E.g. The modern tourist will encounter very little linguistic difficulty as English has become an almost universal language.

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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
pleasant-smelling; odorous
mountainous; having mountainous and crags
of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow
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orbit

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n. E.g. One Japanese company is already taking advance bookings for visits to a space resort that's meant to orbit the earth.

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quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
public declaration of faith
path; circle; move in an orbit; encircle
money collected under a tariff
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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pledge

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n. E.g. The world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a solemn pledge to reduce poverty and hunger by 2015.

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promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird; one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle
outline; biographical sketch
organ or seat of intellect; understanding or imagination
quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
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rudimentary

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a. E.g. One teacher is assigned for four years to the homeroom class, which combines lessons in rudimentary social skills with those in computer and civics.

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not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; not bright or brilliant
offensive; characterized by insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
present at birth; inborn; innate
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specimen

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n. E.g. They collected a urine specimen for analysis.

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model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
memory; remembrance; power of recalling ideas to the mind
objects for sale; goods
message that helps to remember something
acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body
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tenant

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n. E.g. If a tenant is too dangerous to be living among the free, the state and only the state should make that determination and restrict his abode.

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occupant; one that pays rent to use land or building
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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