Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

asset

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n. E.g. Hilary Rosen, of the Recording Industry Association of America: American intellectual property is our nation's greatest trade asset.

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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard
outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst
petitioner who seeks contributions or trade or votes; chief law officer of a city, town, or government department
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chapel

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n. E.g. Slightly smaller than the shrine, the chapel is also a domed structure cruciform in plan.

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official examination of the details of a country's population
place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church; service conducted in a chapel
quantity that can be carried by a train; large amount
point in time, especially a critical point; joining point
raid; attack; act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer
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constrict

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v. E.g. Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart.

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put into effect; carry out the legalities of
restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing
raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
proclaim as with a trumpet; spread news about
make magnetic; attract strongly, as if with a magnet
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diver

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n. E.g. The scuba diver typically swims underwater by using fins attached to the feet.

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one who divides something into pieces by cutting; making decorative wooden panels
quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
mental keenness; quickness of perception
point where lines intersect; act of intersecting
one who works underwater
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gentility

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n. E.g. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

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one who makes or repairs something
low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
push; driving force; act of propelling
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idiomatic

(6)

a. E.g. It is a reference of 2733 English idioms and idiomatic expressions with definitions.

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recently; in a fresh manner; so as to be fresh
having the nature of an idiom; characteristic of a given language
of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders; depicted or represented on horseback
expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
producing new life or offspring
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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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one who divides something into pieces by cutting; making decorative wooden panels
pause; break; space between two objects, points, or units
mud; thick sticky slippery substance; cover or stain with something
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
pamphlet; small book usually having paper cover
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nonhuman

(8)

a. E.g. You can watch nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees today.

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causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings
paleness; smooth and lustrous; consisting of, abounding in, or covered with wax
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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predictive

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a. E.g. Two positive predictive values were calculated.

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not permanent; not lasting
not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
prophetic; of or relating to prediction
prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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schedule

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n. E.g. Now, after the failure of Cancun, there's a much bigger question mark over concluding the new deal on schedule.

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ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that run between two points; spacecraft
plan for an activity or event; arrange
number that may be divided by another number with no remainder
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sumptuous

(11)

a. E.g. I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.

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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
ordered; methodical; carried on using step-by-step procedures
relating to or caused by a virus
worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
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tutor

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n. E.g. My tutor is always encouraging, praising my speech and telling me how much she likes me.

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private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
personnel who assist superior to carry out assigned task
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
mixture; combination of diverse things
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