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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Infamous

Having a very bad reputation; notorious

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Artichoke

A plant with a round mass of pointed leaves surrounding its flower that is eaten as a vegetable

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Mortal (adjective)

1. (of living things) unable to live forever; having to die 2. (of an injury/wound) causing death

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Supplant

to take the place of; supersede

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Teetotal

never drinking alcohol

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Scrumptious

(of food) extremely tasty; delicious

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Wiseacre

a person who pretends to possess knowledge or wisdom, to the annoyance of others

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Rigmarole

a lengthy and difficult procedure

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Wispy

very thin and light

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Perturbed

feeling anxiety or concern

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Blunderbuss

a short, large-barrelled gun that shoots lots of small metal balls

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Namesake

a person or thing that has the same name as another

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Impecunious

having little or no money

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Trite

done or expressed too often to be of any interest

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Shrubbery

an area in a garden planted with shrubs

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Pent-up

held; not released

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Sear (verb)

1. burn or scorch the surface of (something) 2. (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation

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Flak

1. strong criticism 2. anti-aircraft fire

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Perpetrate

carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)

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Artless

Lacking art, knowledge or skill; uncultured

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