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.
To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, press the card to flip it.
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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Canny
clever, especially in business and finance.
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Delirious
They delivered us (delirious) a horse for our birthday. We were uncontrollably excited to the point of being unable to speak
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Verbatim
using exactly the same words or word for word
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Deja Vu
A feeling you have already experienced what is happening at present (french for already seen)
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Stealth
Done to avoid detection
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Contentious
Likely to cause an argument
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Obtrusive
Too noticeable in an unwelcome way.
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Stenography
Writing in short hand and transcribing it
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Galumph
To move heavily and clumsily
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Pro Tem
For the time being; now and only for a short time
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Vituperation
harshly critical language. Full of hate and anger
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In Vitro
Takes place inside glass / test tube. (Latin for 'in glass')
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Ad Nauseam
Something done or repeated to a sickening and annoying degree
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In Camera
In private, particularly in a judge's private chambers with public excluded
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In loco parentis
In the place of a parent (a teacher or other adult)
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