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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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Jib
1. The small triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat. 2. Projecting arm of a crane. 3. To refuse to proceed further; baulk.
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Nadir
1. The lowest or least successful point in a situation 2. Lowest point reached by a heavenly body, or the point directly below an observer
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Garrison
A group of troops stationed in a fortress
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Esteem
Respect and admire
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Anthropology
Study of human beings, their societies and culture
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Neanderthal
1. uncivilised and unintelligent person; looks or acts like a caveman. 2. Extinct species of human that existed between about 200,000 and 40,000 years ago
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Acclamation
Loud and enthusiastic approval
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Shallow (relating to a person)
Not capable of serious thought
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Flagrant
Wrong or immoral act that is very obviously offensive
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes humankind and avoids people
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Fillet
A piece of meat or fish without a bone
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Posthumous
Occurring after a person's death and relating to something they did
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Perjury
The crime of telling lies in a court of law
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Expunge
Remove completely
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Zionism
zy-uh-niz-uhm
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Liverish
Unhappy and bad tempered
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Advent
1. The arrival of a notable person or thing 2.Period of four weeks before Christmas
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Extraneous
1. Irrelevant 2. Of external origin
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Receptacle
An object used to contain something
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Malcontent
a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious
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