Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

amount

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n. E.g. The amount of money sent home by migrant workers to their families in Latin America has reached more than $62 billion.

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long usually narrow room ; covered corridor
modification; correction; act of altering
rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
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bulk

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n. E.g. Canada's largest bulk food retailer, it has more than 112 stores.

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practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
process of turning some plant material into stone
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
majority; main part; volume; mass
quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
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conscience

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n. E.g. The truth in conscience is immediately near to me, as near as the seed that rests upon the wayside.

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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
pattern or structure by weaving ; knit; interlace
point directly overhead in sky; summit
one who expects favorable or good outcome
purpose; reason for wanting something done
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evolutionary

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a. E.g. He told us a very informative site about biology and evolutionary theory.

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made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
of or relating to or produced by evolution or development
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
pertaining to journals or newspapers, or journalism
being in opposition; contrary; rival; incompatible
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guarantee

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n. E.g. If it has decided to build a stockpile of nuclear weapons as the best guarantee of its security, then a more dangerous confrontation will be unavoidable.

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movement aimed at equal rights for women
one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes
pledge that something will happen or that something is true
painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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imaginative

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a. E.g. This paper shows us an imaginative use of material.

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of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
present at birth; inborn; innate
marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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kennel

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n. E.g. She assumed her dogs in kennel in snow day.

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plan of trip; guidebook for traveler
small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
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overburden

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v. E.g. After May 2, you guys overburden too many jobs.

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practice trickery or fraud; cheat
pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
overcharge; take excessive burden; load with excessive weight
point out; direct to a knowledge of
purify; make more precise; improve
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qualified

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a. E.g. Unable to give the candidate full support, the mayor gave him only a qualified endorsement.

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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
refined; made or rendered pure or more pure
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revision

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

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light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
modification; correction; act of altering
one who diets, usually in an effort to lose weight
of or relating to locomotion; a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
people who want to conserve natural resources
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straightforward

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a. E.g. But a simple and straightforward apology would have been better.

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proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
protected from danger or bad weather
not having been fertilized; made for no more suitable for growth
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trumpeter

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n. E.g. Our trumpeter was a Frenchman, at this time ill in bed; yet he blew his trumpet till he could sound no more.

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poison; poisonous secretion of animal, such as snake or spider; spite
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
one of digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
musician who plays the trumpet or cornet; a person who announces important news
property of something that can be hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking
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