Test sheet for ECPE Vocabulary Test Online

armored

(1)

a. E.g. The cases against three people accused of stealing $7.4 million from an Ohio armored car company were transferred to Ohio from West Virginia.

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most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
not drawn upon or used
exhibiting courtesy and politeness; showing regard or thought for others
owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
protected by armor; provided with protective covering
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careless

(2)

a. E.g. Geithner apologized for what he called careless mistakes.

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of or relating to the system for delivering mail
of gas; gas-like; lacking substance or concreteness
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
negligent; taking insufficient care
lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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decimal

(3)

a. E.g. The decimal system is known by anyone who learned math.

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readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent
powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
not discovered or explored, in any sense
of tens; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
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earthquake

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n. E.g. The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote border region.

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one who believes in the existence of a god; one who discriminates based on religion
length of time something lasts
musician who plays the trumpet or cornet; a person who announces important news
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
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freshness

(5)

n. E.g. Surely it should be one of our tasks to try and preserve those streams in freshness and vigor.

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materials; abilities; available source
majority; main part; volume; mass
condition or quality of being fresh, in any sense; originality by virtue of being new and surprising
one that takes the place of another; a replacement
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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independent

(6)

a. E.g. Tom decided that he could be independent of Becky Thatcher now.

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not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
obscured by fog
pertinent; having connection with matter at hand
relating to group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow
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journalistic

(7)

a. E.g. By fostering superior journalistic writing from scholarly research, the School's aim is to improve the standard of professional journalism.

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major; important; outweighing
of or relating to or connected with residence
pertaining to journals or newspapers, or journalism
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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periodical

(8)

n. E.g. Total operating revenues in the periodical publishing industry increased in 2005 from the previous year.

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publication that appears at fixed intervals
lens used to concentrate light on an object; an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid
rejection; vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
having the shape of a rectangle; having one or more right angles
relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
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quarter

(9)

n. E.g. I made two mile and a half, and then struck out a quarter of a mile or more towards the middle of the river.

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natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
one of four equal parts; a fourth part or portion
number that may be divided by another number with no remainder
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
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scan

(10)

v. E.g. He was taken back into the operating theatre after a brain scan revealed a rise in pressure inside his cranium and more bleeding.

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live in; occupy; reside in
make loose or looser; make less severe or strict
make a wide, sweeping search of; examine
restrict in movement; circumscribe
provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
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sovereign

(11)

n. E.g. Vladimir Putin states that a unique-polar world with one sovereign is unacceptable.

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mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
ray of light; long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
something foretold or predicted; prophecy
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unadorned

(12)

a. E.g. She referred to an unadorned rectangular stone, perhaps two meters wide and three long, strangely scarred in places.

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marked by or having equity; just and impartial
occurring at or dependent on a particular season
without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable
not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
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