Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

affinity

(1)

n. E.g. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.

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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
proof; act of showing or making evident
mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
point or direct towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
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colossal

(2)

a. E.g. Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.

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of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
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craft

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v. E.g. They try to craft a new boat as exactly same as the lost one.

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provide written evidence; record in detail
place too much a load on
make by hand and with much skill
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
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ethnic

(4)

a. E.g. But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest?

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relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
mechanized; operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
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formal

(5)

a. E.g. But the complex agreement involves an increase in formal output quotas in an attempt to bring actual production in line with what they have agreed.

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measure of temperature, used widely in Europe
of or relating to training or instruction
official; executed, carried out, or done in proper or regular form
mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
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heir

(6)

n. E.g. He'd seen himself as the political heir of the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who had captured Arab hearts with his calls for Arab unity.

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part or portion; share; indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; distribution; arrangement
management by overseeing the performance
person who inherits some title or office
mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
quality of being capable; capacity; skill
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juice

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n. E.g. The number of products recalled from the shops is very high, with angry reporting from dead flies in tomato juice to a lizard in a bag of potato chips.

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mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
property of something that can be hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking
materials; abilities; available source
one who rides a horse or performs on horseback
liquid; liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue
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odds

(8)

n. E.g. Bookmakers have now slashed his odds from 400/1 to 28/1.

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place where a river can be crossed on foot; shallow place
obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
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protagonist

(9)

n. E.g. The most likely protagonist was some other federal politician or government official.

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chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to maintenance of life
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
musician who plays the trumpet or cornet; a person who announces important news
belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion
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sharpen

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v. E.g. We had to sharpen our arguments.

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melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
make pointed; make sharp or sharper
provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
protect from impacts or other disturbing effect; absorb the shock of
make or become free of frost or ice
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stable

(11)

a. E.g. Keeping insulin stable is important all day long, so avoiding all sugar and anything that breaks down quickly into glucose in the body is the goal.

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not easily moved or disturbed
not sufficient to meet a need; insufficient; poor
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
not having been fertilized; made for no more suitable for growth
monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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unspoiled

(12)

a. E.g. Molokai, Hawaii is still an unspoiled treasure, with no buildings higher than three stories.

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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
not decayed or decomposed
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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