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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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Occult
Mystical practices; Magical powers, activities such as witchcraft 
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Torpor
State of not being active. Having no energy or enthusiasm
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Incredulous
Unwilling to believe something
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Cynical
Believing people are only interested in themselves; Not trusting the goodness in people
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Apocalypse
The complete final destruction of the world; destruction on a huge scaleT
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Revelation
Making known something that was previously unknown
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Hybrid
Offspring of two different plants or animals
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Castigate
Reprimand a person severely; Speak to a person angrily or criticise them harshly
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Cataclysm
A large scale and violent event in the natural world; A violent political or social upheaval 
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Contingent
1. Dependent on; 2. Existing only if certain circumstances are the case
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Proletariat
The working class. The class of people who do unskilled jobs.
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Beatify
To proclaim someone to be one of the blessed, worthy of public religions veneration. First step towards making someone a saint
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Ombudsman
An official appointed to investigate individuals, complaints against a company or organisation
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Omnibus
Volume containing several books previously published separately; a compilation of TV programme episodes
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Rebut
To argue that a statement or claim is not true
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Narcissism
Too much interest in your own physical appearance. Exaggerated sense of self importance.
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Pecuniary
Of or relating to money
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Multifarious
Many in number and type
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Sustained
In U.S. Courts: upheld or affirmed – You are right to protest.
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Anomalous
Different from the usual. Deviating from what is standard or normal.
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