Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

avant-garde

(1)

n. E.g. It collects news, reviews, image galleries, and texts concerning avant-garde culture and contemporary art in Tokyo.

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outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
radically new or original; cutting edge
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candidate

(2)

n. E.g. The European Union is welcoming these ten candidate countries with open arms and wide smiles.

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pursuit of professional advancement as one's chief or sole aim
quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
one who expects favorable or good outcome
one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard
person who is considered for something; person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor
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conservation

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n. E.g. According to new research rapid and large scale loss of natural habitats has already affected biodiversity in the area and urgent conservation efforts are now needed.

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preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
one who relies on another especially for financial support
peaceful resistance by fasting or refusing to cooperate
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dictate

(4)

v. E.g. I guess we should just let McEachin dictate the dialogue for us.

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mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
prescribe; rule as a dictator
purify; make more precise; improve
move back and forth; mark with crossing lines
put out or expel from a place; discharge
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forestall

(5)

v. E.g. The prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.

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make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
make something last; preserve from extinction
observe; watch; keep an eye on
make powerless and unable to function; disable
prevent by taking action in advance
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innovative

(6)

a. E.g. Without a modern, robust copyright regime, companies are unwilling to invest in innovative new digital services in this country.

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quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
outside mainstream; of peripheral part or border
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle; in or into a group, organization, or business
majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
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inundate

(7)

v. E.g. Until the great dam was built, the waters of the Nile used to inundate the river valley like clockwork every year.

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put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
rouse to impatience or anger; annoy; provoke
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
prescribe; rule as a dictator
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perimeter

(8)

n. E.g. Find the largest possible width if the the perimeter is at most 64 cm.

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real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
one that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
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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.

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migration into a place; moving into a place
place abounding in trees or shrubs; wild forest
optical device for projecting a beam of light
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
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sector

(10)

n. E.g. He was helpless in an important sector of his life.

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piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
machines in which food can be stored at low temperatures
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suppress

(11)

v. E.g. What they suppress is far more important than what they report.

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put into effect; carry out the legalities of
make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
restrict in movement; circumscribe
put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
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utilitarian

(12)

a. E.g. Do not forget those utilitarian steel tables when moving.

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present at birth; inborn; innate
massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in manner of a monument
practical and functional, not just for show
prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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