Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

automotive

(1)

a. E.g. We provide unique automotive tools and supplies, as well as expert advice and solutions.

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preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
occurring or payable every year
not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with
present at birth; inborn; innate
of or relating to motor vehicles; moving by itself; self-propelling
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blacksmith

(2)

n. E.g. The blacksmith is the biggest and strongest man for forty miles round

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small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
mixture; combination of diverse things
one whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
radiation; discharge; act of emitting
one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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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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practice trickery or fraud; cheat
make by hand and with much skill
put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of
obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
plant; place seeds in or on
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ecological

(4)

a. E.g. Spanish authorities have prevented a major ecological disaster by diverting a flow of toxic spill away from one of Europe's leading national parks.

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of or relating to the science of ecology; characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
make resistant to fire
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
possessed at birth; inborn
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graft

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n. E.g. A patient's immune system will frequently reject a skin graft from a donor.

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noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
small part broken off or detached; fraction
piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant
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inexorable

(6)

a. E.g. The judge was inexorable and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.

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mountainous; having mountainous and crags
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
recurring with measured regularity
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interval

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n. E.g. The first week, it spouted every five hours, but recently the interval is eight hours.

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nib ;horny projecting mouth of a bird
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
pause; break; space between two objects, points, or units
state or quality of being equal
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird; one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle
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oyster

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n. E.g. "Hold your tongue, Ma!" said the young Crab, "You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!"

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plea; formal message requesting something
liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
metal tool with a sharp edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal
distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip
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recipe

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n. E.g. This cornmeal muffin recipe is extremely simple.

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provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
organized opposition to authority
state or quality of being equal
medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
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revision

(10)

n. E.g. It would require a drastic revision of his opinion.

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period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
prevention; measure taken beforehand; act of foresight
modification; correction; act of altering
outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst
official examination of the details of a country's population
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skimp

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v. E.g. They were forced to skimp on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.

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read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
make by hand and with much skill
obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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temporary

(12)

a. E.g. The Administration says the tariffs were meant to be a temporary measure designed to give the American steel industry time to reorganize.

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likely to develop in a desirable manner; affording hope
produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
not permanent; not lasting
nutritious; healthy; of or providing nourishment
of or relating to a climate, or meteorological conditions
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