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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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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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