Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

abuse

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n. E.g. Thanks to Vito, the commenter said, he has stopped 7 years of girl abuse in this area.

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money; capital; a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; finance; subsidize
state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
one who expects favorable or good outcome
lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
improper use or handling; misuse
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boost

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v. E.g. It shows political parties could boost their share of the vote considerably.

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recover; find and bring in; get back
occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again
put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
raise; advance; push or shove upward
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demagnetize

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v. E.g. Please demagnetize the iron shavings.

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outlive; live longer than
offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase
pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
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earthquake

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n. E.g. The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote border region.

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moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
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forbidding

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a. E.g. A rock face, so forbidding from a distance, shows fracture lines from close up: nothing is forever, everything changes.

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prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large
of the same kin; related by blood
mutually related; showing a statistically significant relationship between the values of two or more variables
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illustration

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n. E.g. My favorite illustration is in chapter 13, when Peter eats stew at Leo's house.

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loud low dull continuous noise; fight between rival gangs of adolescents
praying for divine protection; formal act of giving approval
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
meeting of elected or appointed representatives
picture; drawing; showing by example
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majesty

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n. E.g. To my left were the windows; a great looking-glass between them repeated the vacant majesty of the bed and room.

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southeast Asian annual leguminous plant; source of oil
production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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naval

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a. E.g. We really don't yet have technology that can effectively detect the presence of radiation in naval cargo.

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during current time; presently
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
protected from danger or bad weather
practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
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preliminary

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a. E.g. According to preliminary, unofficial figures, a large majority, some 84 percent, voted in favor.

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relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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shield

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n. E.g. Mr. Putin poured scorn on the plans to build a new missile shield in Eastern Europe.

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medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
precious stone; jewel; pearl or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially nourishing ingredient in a food
protective covering or structure; protect; guard
physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place
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snippet

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n. E.g. However, if you check out my message boards, I did post a little snippet from the beginning of the book.

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practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it
relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
place where a river can be crossed on foot; shallow place
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
tiny piece or part; fragment
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uncharted

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a. E.g. Her election would also take France into totally uncharted territory - with a woman as president for the first time in the country's history.

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prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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