Vocabulary Word Flash Cards
Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.
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Go through the whole list to see how many word definitions you can recall. Practise until you're confident you can recall all of them.
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Demob
To discharge from armed services. Leaving the army
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Nonentity
Unimportant person or thing
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Insinuate
Suggest or hint something bad
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Judicious
having or showing good judgement
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Exonerate
Clear or free someone from blame or wrongdoing
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Tenacious
Keeping a firm hold; not giving up easily
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Tenable
Able to defend or maintain against attack or objection
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Bona fide
Genuine, real, made or done without fraud of deceit
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Opulent
Exhibiting wealth; looking grand and expensive
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Salubrious
Health-giving and favourable to well-being
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Salutary
Producing good effects; beneficial
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Malice
The desire to harm someone
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Prerogative
special right; an exclusive privilege
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Résumé
A summary; a brief account of events, work or experience
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Presumptuous
Overstepping due bounds
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Presupposition
To suppose or assume beforehand
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Profane
To treat (something sacred) with abuse. Showing no respect for a God or religion
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Ruminate
Think deeply about something & chew the cud
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