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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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Insecure
1. Not confident; uncertain about oneself 2. Not firm or fixed, or insufficiently protected
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Disclaimer
A formal statement saying that you are not legally responsible for something, such as the information given in a book
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Arbitrator
A person appointed to decide and settle disputes and differences
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Repudiate
Refuse to accpet
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Cauterise
To burn flesh with a heated iron to stop bleeding and avoid infection
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Trauma
An experience that can cause extreme mental and physical injury
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Assimilate
To take in information or an idea and understand it fully; become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture
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Pundit
An expert or authority in a particular subject
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Demarcation
A line or rule that shows the limits or something
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Indefatigable
Untiring, unyielding to fatigue
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Nominal
1. in name or thought but not in fact e.g. the "nominal" head of an organisation doesn't actually do the work, it's done by the deputy 2. (in relation to money) insignificant in comparison to the expected
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Wretched
In an unhappy or unfortunate state
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Derision
ridicule or mockery
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Resolute
Determined in character, action or ideas
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Nondescript
Having no unusual or interesting features or qualities; dull or boring
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Hubbub
confused noises made by a crowd of people
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Trepidation
Terrible fear of something that may happen
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Enamour
to cause someone to like or love something or someone; attract
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Sugar Daddy/ Sugar Mummy
A rich older man/woman who lavishes gifts on a young woman/man in return for her/his company or sexual favours
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Haematology
The scientific study of blood
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