This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Cpe > Cpe Vocabulary – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cpe Vocabulary Quiz 1 (25 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) To. B) Of. C) About. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 3. She paid for both of us and I ..... her when we got home. A) Weighed up. B) Made up for. C) Settled up with. D) Set against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Settled up with. 4. "Placate" is a synonym to ..... A) Infuriate. B) Place. C) Please. D) Appease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appease. 5. It's a rather ..... novel and certainly not an easy read. A) Filled. B) Plentiful. C) Inundated. D) Dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dense. 6. Contrary ..... what the public was told, weapons were still being exported. A) From. B) About. C) Against. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 7. To say you believe something will happen in the future A) Prophesy. B) Conjecture. C) Enliven. D) Incite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prophesy. 8. It took James some time to find ..... employment when he left college. A) Advantageous. B) Gainful. C) Privileged. D) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Prompt. C) Abrupt. D) Impulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prompt. 11. His personal life was ..... with dramatic contradictions. A) Dense. B) Filled. C) Inundated. D) Plentiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filled. 12. Find fault A) With. B) In. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 13. "Wrangle" is ..... A) A meeting. B) An argument. C) An opinion. D) A party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An argument. 14. 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. 15. To encourage someone to do smth unpleasant A) Arouse. B) Enliven. C) Incite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incite. 16. When they advertised the job, they were ..... with applications. A) Inundated. B) Filled. C) Dense. D) Plentiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inundated. 17. He is ..... to blame other people. A) Prompt. B) Abrupt. C) Impulsive. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quick. 18. "parsimonious" means ..... A) Amoral. B) Vulgar. C) Gloomy. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 19. Treacherous = dangerous A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Look before you ..... A) Leap. B) Jump. C) Vault. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leap. 21. Laura had a lot to ..... during her childhood. A) Grow up with. B) Live by. C) Face with. D) Contend with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contend with. 22. Oil companies have been accused of ..... in the pollution of the ocean. A) Acquiescing. B) Bickering. C) Antagonising. D) Reconciling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquiescing. 23. This fake story is indicative ..... the strained times we are trying so hard to survive. A) Of. B) About. C) To. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 24. I don't think you were justified ..... fuss about the service. A) To make. B) In making. C) For making. D) To have made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In making. 25. He omens didn't look good when the ..... explorers had to jump-start their old bangers to reach the end of the street. A) Prudent. B) Upredictable. C) Trifling. D) Intrepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intrepid. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCpe Vocabulary Quiz 2Cpe Vocabulary Quiz 3Cpe Listening QuizCpe Practice Test QuizCpe Reading QuizCpe Speaking QuizCpe Use Of English QuizCpe Writing Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books