Vocabulary Word Flash Cards

Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.

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Go through the whole list to see how many word definitions you can recall. Practise until you're confident you can recall all of them.

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Telethon

A TV programme broadcast to raise money, for charity.

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Culture

Customs and beliefs of a particular group of people. 2. Music, art, theatre, literature and other art forms.

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Pyrolysis

Decomposition of materials at raised temperature in reduced levels of oxygen.

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Pastoral

1. Portraying an idealised version of country life

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Intrinsic

Essential part of a person or thing

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Enthral

To keep someone completely interested

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Lope

A long, bounding stride

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Clandestine

Planned or done in secret.

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Waif

A poor, skinny, homeless child.

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Dint

dent or hollow in a surface

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Fettle

Condition

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Baulk

unwilling to do something. Refuse to go on.

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Puckish

Liking to play tricks and jokes on people; playful, especially in a mischievous way

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Crucible

a vessel in which metals and other substance may be melted

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Amenities

An amenity is a useful feature of a place available to those with access to it.

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Truncate

Cut short

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Nemesis

Something that a person cannot conquer; the cause of a persons downfall

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Demean

Cause a severe loss in dignity

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Duplicity

Dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people.

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Earnest

Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness

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