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.
Back to list
Grave
1. Serious, sombre 2. A place where a dead body is or will be buried
Mnemonic
Plutocrat
Someone who has power because they are rich
Mnemonic
Insurgent
someone who rebels and fights against the government
Mnemonic
Insurmountable
cannot be overcome
Mnemonic
Insurrection
An act of rebellion against an authority or government
Mnemonic
Appertain
To belong to as a part or attribute; relates to or is connected with someone or something
Mnemonic
Append
Add something as a supplement, usually to a written text
Mnemonic
Fraught
1. Accompanied by or leading to something unpleasant 2. Causing stress
Mnemonic
Iridescent
Showing lustrous colours that change when viewed from different angles
Mnemonic
Gratify
give pleasure, satisfy a desire
Mnemonic
Accord
1. To be in harmony 2. To grant power or status
Mnemonic
Monopoly
Exclusive control of a service or commodity
Mnemonic
Free Market
Economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses. No one is allowed to have a monopoly
Mnemonic
Tenement
Apartment / room that is rented within a house or block of flats
Mnemonic
Leeward
Situated on or towards the side sheltered from the wind
Mnemonic
Windward
On the side facing the wind
Mnemonic
Uncanny
mysterious, beyond the normal
Mnemonic
Inborn
1. Existing from birth 2. natural for a person
Mnemonic
Veracity
accuracy, habitual truthfulness
Mnemonic
