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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Embarrassing because of being a complete failure; humiliating, disgraceful, shameful
Ignominious
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1. Fantastic or bizarre imagery or effects in art, literature, film or theatre through subconscious, unnatural or irrational combinations of things. 2. a 20th-century art movement which sought to realise the creative potential of the subconscious
Surrealism
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A raised platform on a ship or submarine to help navigation and attack direction
Conning Tower
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1. (of a liquid) boil or to be turbulent as if boiling. 2. (of a person) to be filled with intense but unexpressed anger
Seethe
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Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
Irreverent
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A stimulus below the threshold of conscious awareness; affecting someone's mind without the, being aware of it
Subliminal
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