Mammoth Memory

Vocabulary Word Test

Here's a really quick way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the word definitions below and see if you can remember what each word is from their definitions.

If you get stuck, you can be shown the mnemonic to reveal an image that should help you remember.

To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, click the question and it will flip to reveal the answer.

Go through the whole list to see how many words you can recall. Revisit any that you had difficulty remembering until you're confident you can recall all of them.

 

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A feeling of doubt or hesitation because it is wrong
Scruple
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Concerned with the principles of right and wrong, good or bad 
Moral
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Over emotional, exaggerated emotion or sentimentality
Mawkish
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Express strong disapproval
Reprehend
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Stipulate
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Lower in rank or position
Subordinate
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A substitute; Replacing someone else or used instead of something else
Surrogate
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Obtained, done or made in secret
Surreptitious
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Connected with the sense of touch
Tactile
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To surpass, exceed, rise above or go beyond
Transcend
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To give your opinion
Pontificate
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The study of people's efficiency in their working environment
Ergonomics
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Symbolise or represent something. To contain or include
Embody
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Bring about, provoke, to cause an event to happen
Instigate
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Connected with, related or belonging to
Pertain
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An inflated sense of self importance
Egotism
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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food 
Voracious
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In a rush; with a reckless haste
Headlong
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To make something happen suddenly
Precipitate
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A young person with a tendency to commit crime
Delinquent
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