Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

activate

(1)

v. E.g. The carriers say they want to encrypt and store the credentials in the phone's SIM card, the small chips to activate access to mobile networks.

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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
make a wide, sweeping search of; examine
refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
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coax

(2)

v. E.g. Whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.

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put in; infuse ; force or drive fluid into something
persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; move to or adjust toward a desired end
relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
provide with new tools; revise or reorganize
prevent from being seen or discovered
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confusion

(3)

n. E.g. My uncle got into the back of the car, scratching his head in confusion, having missed the episode completely.

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narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily
recognition; taste; judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one
a thick mass or piece, amount
mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
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engraving

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n. E.g. Wood engraving is a refinement of the technique of woodcut, the carving of a design into a block of wood.

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practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it
printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
plea; formal message requesting something
one who is absent or not in residence
person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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extol

(5)

v. E.g. In his speech, the president will extol the astronauts, calling them the pioneers of the Space Age.

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act as force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one
bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
praise highly; glorify; celebrate
make commercial; apply methods of business to for profit
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insurmountable

(6)

a. E.g. Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the members of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.

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reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
of or relating to or resembling a comet
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marshy

(7)

a. E.g. Five to ten rhinos are killed every year, mostly during Assam's devastating floods because they have to flee Kaziranga's low marshy lands to higher hills.

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alone; only; without another
not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
most personal; being deepest within the self
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optimist

(8)

n. E.g. The problem with being an optimist is that when you persist in seeing the upside, people often assume you're an idiot.

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outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
one who loves and defends his or her country
emergency; pressing importance; need; pressing necessity
one who has legal title to something; owner
one who expects favorable or good outcome
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pollute

(9)

v. E.g. The industrial wastes pollute the lake.

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put into motion or action; activate
put into service; take advantage of
perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
make impure; make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter
preserve by chilling; cool or chill something
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rhythmic

(10)

a. E.g. They can hear the rhythmic chiming of church bells.

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located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
recurring with measured regularity
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
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spill

(11)

v. E.g. He made the former employee to spill all details of project.

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pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
pay attention to; listen to and consider
point out; direct to a knowledge of
move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
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voracious

(12)

a. E.g. The wolf is a voracious animal, its hunger never satisfied.

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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
pleasant-smelling; odorous
changeable in form; assuming different characters; polymorphic
ordinary; having no remarkable features
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