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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to hide something by covering or surrounding
Shroud
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To express an opinion
Opine
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A strong, secure chest or box used for storing valuables
Coffer
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To approach and speak to someone in a bold or aggressive way
Accost
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1. Dishonest or immoral behaviour, often caused by a desire to gain money 2. Unpleasant because dirty or in bad condition
Sordid
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1. To thoroughly search a place (or text) for something 2. To clean the surface of something by scrubbing it
Scour
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A lack of the basic things needed for well-being
Privation
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Morally good behaviour and character
Virtue
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Money used for illegal or dishonest activities, especially political bribery
Slush Fund
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A male duck
Drake
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Lack of care or control
Laxity
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A dirty, untidy woman
Slattern
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A promise of faithfulness or loyalty
Troth
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1. breaking an agreement, law or code 2. to make a gap in a wall or fence especially by an attacking army
Breach
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Try hard to persuade someone to do something
Exhort
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Quiet and showing no desire for attention
Unassuming
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Half or partly
Semi- (prefix)
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to try to destroy weaken, especially a political system
Subvert
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To think about something carefully and for a long time
Muse
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Not telling the truth; lying
Mendacious
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