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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.

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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Precarious
Not securely held and likely to fall or collapse
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Semantics
The study and analysis of how language is used to produce meaning
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Euphoria
Extreme happiness
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Evince
Indicate; to show clearly
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Concubine
A woman who lives with and has sex with a married man
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Allude
Hint at
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Cohere
to stick together; cause to form a united, orderly, complete thing
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Duckboard
Board consisting of wooden slats joined together over muddy ground or in a trench
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Equestrian
Relating to horse riding
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Usurp
Take illegally or by force
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Resurgent
Increasing or reviving after a period of little activity
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Terse
Using few words in an unfriendly manner
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Maxim
A truth or rule
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Cajole
To persuade by flattery or promise (sometimes false)
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Larceny
Theft of personal property
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Supercilious
Behaving as if you are better than other people
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Conservative
Tending not to like change. 2. Politically, favouring low taxation and low government involvement in industry. 3. A conservative estimate is an estimate that is purposely low for the sake of caution
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Discredit
To cause people to stop respecting or believing in someone; harm a person's reputation
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Catholic
(small c) - including a wide range of things; all embracing
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Fascism
Authoritarian , materialistic, right wing system of government; extremely oppressive or intolerant views or practices
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