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.
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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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1. Serious, sombre 2. A place where a dead body is or will be buried
Grave
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Someone who has power because they are rich
Plutocrat
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someone who rebels and fights against the government
Insurgent
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cannot be overcome
Insurmountable
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An act of rebellion against an authority or government
Insurrection
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To belong to as a part or attribute; relates to or is connected with someone or something
Appertain
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Add something as a supplement, usually to a written text
Append
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1. Accompanied by or leading to something unpleasant 2. Causing stress
Fraught
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Showing lustrous colours that change when viewed from different angles
Iridescent
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give pleasure, satisfy a desire
Gratify
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1. To be in harmony 2. To grant power or status
Accord
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Exclusive control of a service or commodity
Monopoly
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Economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses. No one is allowed to have a monopoly
Free Market
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Apartment / room that is rented within a house or block of flats
Tenement
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Situated on or towards the side sheltered from the wind
Leeward
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On the side facing the wind
Windward
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mysterious, beyond the normal
Uncanny
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1. Existing from birth 2. natural for a person
Inborn
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accuracy, habitual truthfulness
Veracity
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