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.
If you get stuck, press "mnemonic" to show an image that should help you remember.
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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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Scruple
A feeling of doubt or hesitation because it is wrong
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Moral
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong, good or badÂ
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Mawkish
Over emotional, exaggerated emotion or sentimentality
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Reprehend
Express strong disapproval
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Subordinate
Lower in rank or position
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Surrogate
A substitute; Replacing someone else or used instead of something else
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Surreptitious
Obtained, done or made in secret
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Tactile
Connected with the sense of touch
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Transcend
To surpass, exceed, rise above or go beyond
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Pontificate
To give your opinion
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Ergonomics
The study of people's efficiency in their working environment
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Embody
Symbolise or represent something. To contain or include
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Instigate
Bring about, provoke, to cause an event to happen
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Pertain
Connected with, related or belonging to
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Egotism
An inflated sense of self importance
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Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of foodÂ
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Headlong
In a rush; with a reckless haste
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Precipitate
To make something happen suddenly
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Delinquent
A young person with a tendency to commit crime
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