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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Stubborn and unwilling to change
Obstinate
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Convenient but possibly immoral
Expedient
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To burden people with harsh exercise of power; to govern people unfairly and cruelly
Oppress
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Following acceptable rules or beliefs conforming to established principles
Orthodox
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Pretend to be treating someone with kindness but betrays feelings of superiority
Patronise
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Performed hastily and lacking care
Perfunctory
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Ways in which a set of things can be arranged
Permutation
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To continue indefinitely
Perpetuate
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A person who brings a case against another in court
Plaintiff
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Causing a sharp feeling of sadness or regret; producing a rousing, deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow
Poignant
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Event regarded as a guide for the future
Precedent
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Faint or deficient in colour; pale looking
Pallid
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Settle in a safe or comfortable place. Position safely or comfortably somewhere
Ensconce
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Give support to an idea or statement. Support with evidence
Corroborate
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Unable to pay debts. Financially ruined
Insolvent
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Impossible to understand. Unreadable
Inscrutable
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Friendly, good natured and easy to talk to
Affable
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Ruler having absolute power, unlimited power over other people
Despot
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