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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.

If you get stuck, press "mnemonic" to show an image that should help you remember.

To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, press the card to flip it.

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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Seedy
in bad condition or disgusting; likely to be involved in illegal activities
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Inculcate
to fix (ideas, beliefs, attitude) in someone's mind by repeating them often
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Hyphen
the punctuation sign - used for a combined word, or to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line
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Symbiotic
a mutually beneficial relationship between organisms, people or things
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Terracotta
a brownish-red clay that has been baked and is used for making things such as flower pots, tiles, vessels and statues
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Adage
a wise saying; a traditional statement of truth
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Cheerless
gloomy; depressing
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Slovenly
untidy and dirty (especially of a persons appearance)
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Windbag
a person who talks at length, but says little of value
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Haunch
The top of the leg and bottom of a person or animal; the back end of an animal
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Emboss
carve, mould or stamp a design so that it stands up or sticks out from the surface
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Hither
to or toward this place; to the place where you are
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Annex (verb)
to take possession of (something, especially areas of land or a country) usually by force
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Courtly
very polite and refined, as befitting a royal court
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Assert
State a fact, belief or opinion confidently and forcefully
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Yokel
an uneducated person uninterested in any form of culture from the countryside
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Kaput
Broken and useless
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Accomplish
to finish successfully
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Confrontation
a serious dispute between two groups of people often as a result of them having opposing ideas
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Abide
to accept willingly
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