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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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Caring more about things than people. Especially concerned with material possessions.
Materialistic
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A small extra floor between two main floors. An intermediate floor with a balcony.
Mezzanine
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Another name for the pope. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Pontiff
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Apparent. Appearing to be true but not necessarily so.
Ostensible
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Begin a system or policy or period. Introduce someone into an official position with a ceremony
Inaugurate
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Imprison; send to jail
Incarcerate
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Able to express one's ideas or feelings easily
Articulate
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Empty and silly
Inane
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Make alive. Bring to life.
Animate
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A semi public organisation paid by the government to consider a subject.
Quango
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Very stormy and emotional
Tempestuous
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Express sharp disapproval or criticism. To speak angrily to someone.
Rebuke
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Relating to tailored clothes or style of dress
Sartorial
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Persuade by force or threats
Coerce
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Underside of the overhanging part of the roof
Soffit
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Having the same degree of seriousness; virtually the same severity
Tantamount
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Allowing excessive freedom of behaviour that other people might disapprove of
Permissive
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An item of food
Comestible
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Displaying a passionate intensity
Fervent
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According to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.
Evangelical
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