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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Shroud

to hide something by covering or surrounding

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Opine

To express an opinion

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Coffer

A strong, secure chest or box used for storing valuables

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Accost

To approach and speak to someone in a bold or aggressive way

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Sordid

1. Dishonest or immoral behaviour, often caused by a desire to gain money 2. Unpleasant because dirty or in bad condition

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Scour

1. To thoroughly search a place (or text) for something 2. To clean the surface of something by scrubbing it

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Privation

A lack of the basic things needed for well-being

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Virtue

Morally good behaviour and character

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Slush Fund

Money used for illegal or dishonest activities, especially political bribery

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Drake

A male duck

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Laxity

Lack of care or control

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Slattern

A dirty, untidy woman

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Troth

A promise of faithfulness or loyalty

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Breach

1. breaking an agreement, law or code 2. to make a gap in a wall or fence especially by an attacking army

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Exhort

Try hard to persuade someone to do something

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Unassuming

Quiet and showing no desire for attention

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Semi- (prefix)

Half or partly

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Subvert

to try to destroy weaken, especially a political system

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Muse

To think about something carefully and for a long time

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Mendacious

Not telling the truth; lying

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