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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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Memorandum
A written message or brief report. A document recording the terms of a meeting or contract
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Municipal
Of or belonging to a town or city
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Neurotic
Behaving strangely in a chronic, worried, irrational or nervous way.
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Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control
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Opinionated
Person who is certain about their beliefs and expresses them strongly and often
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Ostracise
Exclude from society or group
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Pageant
A procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes
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Lewd
Language or behaviour that is sexually inappropriate, crude and offensive.
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Peer
A person of similar age, status or ability, equal. (It also means a member of the nobility)
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Mortify
To make someone very embarrassed
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Penance
Punishment inflicted on oneself to show you are sorry
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Penury
extreme poverty
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Peremptory
Expected to obeyed without question
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Belittle
Make a person or action appear unimportant
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Zealot
A person who is fantaical and uncompromising in pursuit of their ideals, religion or politics
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Perverse
Contrary to expected standard or practice; wanting to behave unreasonably
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Lassitude
Physical or mental tiredness. Lack of Energy
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Frenetic
Involving a lot of excited movement or activity
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Pique
1. A feeling of anger caused by someone damaging your pride 2.To excite or cause interest
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Placate
Stop someone from feeling angry
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