This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Cpe > Cpe Vocabulary – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cpe Vocabulary Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Altercation" is ..... A) A short and noisy argument. B) An alternative. C) An exchange. D) An opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short and noisy argument. 2. Falling house prices are illustrative ..... the crisis facing the construction industry. A) About. B) To. C) Of. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 3. She paid for both of us and I ..... her when we got home. A) Weighed up. B) Set against. C) Settled up with. D) Made up for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Settled up with. 4. "Placate" is a synonym to ..... A) Place. B) Appease. C) Please. D) Infuriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appease. 5. It's a rather ..... novel and certainly not an easy read. A) Filled. B) Plentiful. C) Dense. D) Inundated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dense. 6. Contrary ..... what the public was told, weapons were still being exported. A) About. B) To. C) From. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 7. To say you believe something will happen in the future A) Incite. B) Conjecture. C) Prophesy. D) Enliven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophesy. 8. It took James some time to find ..... employment when he left college. A) Advantageous. B) Privileged. C) Gainful. D) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gainful. 9. When nuclear power is manufactured, it is ..... in metal cans. A) Encased. B) Housed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encased. 10. It's important to be ..... in replying to letters and messages. A) Quick. B) Abrupt. C) Impulsive. D) Prompt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prompt. 11. His personal life was ..... with dramatic contradictions. A) Inundated. B) Dense. C) Filled. D) Plentiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filled. 12. "Wrangle" is ..... A) A meeting. B) An opinion. C) A party. D) An argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An argument. 13. I think I would prefer a salad ..... a cooked meal today. A) To. B) And. C) For. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 14. To encourage someone to do smth unpleasant A) Arouse. B) Enliven. C) Incite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incite. 15. When they advertised the job, they were ..... with applications. A) Plentiful. B) Dense. C) Filled. D) Inundated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inundated. 16. He is ..... to blame other people. A) Abrupt. B) Prompt. C) Quick. D) Impulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quick. 17. "parsimonious" means ..... A) Gloomy. B) Amoral. C) Mean. D) Vulgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mean. 18. Treacherous = dangerous A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Look before you ..... A) Vault. B) Jump. C) Spring. D) Leap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leap. 20. Laura had a lot to ..... during her childhood. A) Face with. B) Contend with. C) Grow up with. D) Live by. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contend with. 21. Oil companies have been accused of ..... in the pollution of the ocean. A) Acquiescing. B) Reconciling. C) Antagonising. D) Bickering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquiescing. 22. This fake story is indicative ..... the strained times we are trying so hard to survive. A) To. B) Of. C) For. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 23. I don't think you were justified ..... fuss about the service. A) To have made. B) In making. C) To make. D) For making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In making. 24. He omens didn't look good when the ..... explorers had to jump-start their old bangers to reach the end of the street. A) Upredictable. B) Trifling. C) Intrepid. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intrepid. 25. Lawyers would be exempt ..... reporting information learned through confidential communication with clients A) About. B) To. C) For. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 26. The accidental ..... of four listed buildings near the city centre caused a huge outcry and the manager of the building company was jailed for three months. A) Injuring. B) Disruption. C) Squashing. D) Demolition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demolition. 27. Sometimes, we don't appreciate the ..... pleasures of life such as a beautiful sky, a cup of coffee with a friend or seeing a good film at the cinema. A) Normal. B) Plain. C) Sheer. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 28. A very strong wind A) Gale. B) Storm. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gale. 29. They talked non-stop for the entire flight about their ..... jobs in excruciating detail and in annoyingly loud voices. A) Essential. B) Lenient. C) Mundane. D) Trivial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mundane. 30. Impregnable = unbeatable A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Purveyor = seller A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. I think my preference would be ..... a salad, rather than a cooked meal. A) Of. B) For. C) Have. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 33. Run slowly, not moving (about an engine) A) Idle. B) Incite. C) Enliven. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idle. 34. This form of discrimination, which is ..... in all areas of life and still hardly regarded, is called lookism. A) Prevalent. B) Erratic. C) Key. D) Judicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevalent. 35. Surely everyone must have been able to hear the ..... pounding of her coward heart. A) Lenient. B) Erratic. C) Significant. D) Prevalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erratic. 36. There was amazing scenery, the ..... of which I had never seen before. A) Self. B) Own. C) Type. D) Like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like. 37. For ..... author John Smith, who has just published his first novel, it was a great honour. A) Fresh. B) Budding. C) Moving. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Budding. 38. During the ..... of his stay, he met a lot of interesting people. A) While. B) Course. C) Length. D) Phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Course. 39. I think they are ..... brilliant and they're my favourite group. A) Appreciably. B) Fully. C) Utterly. D) Sorely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Utterly. 40. His health is ..... better than it was a week ago. A) Fully. B) Sorely. C) Appreciably. D) Utterly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appreciably. 41. His ejectment was no ..... matter as it carried him quite to the edge of the sidewalk. A) Common. B) Trifling. C) Intrepid. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trifling. 42. Mindful ..... his experience, I wondered what kind of people would have the courage to enrol on a course in china-painting. A) In. B) Of. C) On. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 43. The ..... suburbs A) Stooping. B) Sprawling. C) Lounging. D) Stretching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sprawling. 44. The captain decided to ..... ship even though he thought there was no real danger of it sinking. A) Abandon. B) Evacuate. C) Desert. D) Evict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abandon. 45. We've spent weeks investigating this case and it's got us completely ..... A) Baffled. B) Downcast. C) Tense. D) Petrified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baffled. 46. Retention of a naturally compact hand through early release of selected notes and ..... use of staccato touch is a potent technique. A) Mundane. B) Arduous. C) Judicious. D) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicious. 47. "Enraged" is the synonym for ..... A) Touchy. B) Flabbergasted. C) Infuriated. D) Flustered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infuriated. 48. "Meek" is the synonym for ..... A) Smug. B) Docile. C) Parcimonious. D) Venal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Docile. 49. If anyone can get lost, he will.He is depended ..... to get lost. A) On. B) In. C) Of. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 50. If you continue to ..... debts at this rate, you will have to declare bankruptcy eventually. A) Save. B) Default. C) Raise. D) Incur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incur. 51. Make more interesting A) Arouse. B) Enliven. C) Incite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enliven. 52. I have been back to the doctor three times and he still hasn't ..... the reason for all the pain I have been suffering from recently. A) Highlighted. B) Looked up. C) Indicated. D) Pinpointed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pinpointed. 53. Whenever we go shopping together we always start ..... A) Appeasing. B) Antagonising. C) Placating. D) Bickering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bickering. 54. If a firm bargains for ..... regulation, the individual behavior might affect the overall provincial regulatory stringency. A) Endless. B) Lenient. C) Mundane. D) Unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lenient. 55. The integrity of the game is of ..... importance to everyone in our league, and requires unshakable commitment to fairness and compliance with the playing rules. A) Paramount. B) Crucial. C) Significant. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paramount. 56. Hazel has a very ..... manner, which many people find rude. A) Abrupt. B) Prompt. C) Quick. D) Impulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abrupt. 57. When Sally leaves the department, she will be ..... missed. A) Appreciably. B) Utterly. C) Fully. D) Sorely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorely. 58. While this can feel like an ..... and lengthy part of the process, it is a great opportunity to align everyone's expectations as to what the partnership will specifically involve. A) Lenient. B) Arduous. C) Judicious. D) Inexhaustible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arduous. 59. "Enmity" is closest to ..... A) Contention. B) Animosity. C) Entity. D) Amiability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animosity. 60. Binding = compulsory A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCpe Vocabulary Quiz 2Cpe Listening QuizCpe Practice Test QuizCpe Reading QuizCpe Speaking QuizCpe Use Of English QuizCpe Writing Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books