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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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The quality of being unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings.
Reticence
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A prostitute with a wealthy or upper-class client
Courtesan
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A daily report of the activities and public engagements of the royal family members
Court Circular
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Military court
Court-martial
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Good manners, cultivated and refined
Couth
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1. A sudden, violent and illegal seizure of power from a government. 2. Achievement of something difficult
Coup
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Polite, respectful or considerate
Courteous
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1.Pretends to be shy. 2. Unwilling to talk about something
Coy
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Excessively harsh and severe
Draconian
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To do something but behave as if you are descending from a superior position to do it
Condescend
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Allowing water to pass through
Pervious
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A person or thing that is mysterious or hard to understand
Enigma
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Make someone feel completely baffled
Perplex
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Work together on a matter of mutual concern, or as a link between people or organisations
Liaise
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Moral corruption; wickedness
Depravity
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An unexpected or inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour
Vagary
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A thing made up of a number of different parts ; big corporation formed by merger of several companies.
Conglomerate
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To swell due to pressure from the inside
Distend
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Element placed at the start of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning; word, letter or number placed before another; add something at the beginning
Prefix
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A letter or several letters added to the end of a word to make a new word, e.g. clue, clueless
Suffix
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