Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

academic

(1)

a. E.g. The dean's talk about reforming the college admissions system was only an academic discussion.

Select answer:
not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
occurring or payable every year
old; old-fashioned; antiquated; out of date
perceptive; involving or derived from the senses
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charter

(2)

v. E.g. As a result we decide to charter the school to use bigger writing for the French version.

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put into effect; carry out the legalities of
pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
license; authorize; hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services
occur at the same time as; correspond
make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
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decorative

(3)

a. E.g. It is unusual to have decorative girl's baseballs; but you can see pink baseball mitts there.

Select answer:
of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
not such as to convince or to impress seriously
ordered; methodical; carried on using step-by-step procedures
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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entrepreneur

(4)

n. E.g. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepreneur from trying new fields of business activity.

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rays of the sun
unintentional omission or mistake; watchful care or management; supervision
one who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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exponential

(5)

a. E.g. We see the exponential growth in these years.

Select answer:
not easily borne; wearing; causing uneasiness or fatigue
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
rapid increase; of or involving exponents
of or relating to or responsible for administration
of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
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harbor

(6)

v. E.g. The church might harbor illegal aliens who were political refugees.

Select answer:
move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
put in; infuse ; force or drive fluid into something
provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
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intersection

(7)

n. E.g. The street will be widened as part of the construction of the new Golden Ears Route and 176 Street intersection.

Select answer:
monument; short note or abstract, intended for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed
point where lines intersect; act of intersecting
principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion
southeast Asian annual leguminous plant; source of oil
property of containing salt
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nowadays

(8)

ad. E.g. Cricket fights, which were a popular pastime in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, are quite rare in Hong Kong nowadays.

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of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life
during current time; presently
not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with
perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
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projector

(9)

n. E.g. In this site you will see how a projection system works and some different ways to make your own projector.

Select answer:
optical device for projecting a beam of light
movement; act of changing location; ability or power to move
passage from a literary work; an excerpt; something extracted
one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking of refinement or sophistication
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rejuvenate

(10)

v. E.g. The Charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.

Select answer:
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
pad and stitch ornamentally; construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
normalize; cause to conform to a standard
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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standardize

(11)

v. E.g. An issue that arises with IT practitioners is whether to standardize their infrastructure and applications, and if so, to what degree.

Select answer:
make neutral and thus inoffensive
penetrate; make a hole into
make commercial; apply methods of business to for profit
refine; make pure or free from sin or guilt; become clean
normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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vaccinate

(12)

v. E.g. We vaccinate against scarlet fever.

Select answer:
perform or produce immunity
put at risk; adventure
move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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