5-a-Day Vocabulary
Five new 11+ words every weekday — meaning, example sentence, synonyms and antonyms — then a short test on Saturday on the week’s words. Choose Year 4 or Year 5 words; new words arrive automatically every week.
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This week’s words
5 new words a day · Saturday testPick a day and tap a word to see its meaning, an example sentence, synonyms and antonyms. On Saturday everyone can take the test on all 25 words — members can take it any day and revise every earlier week.
Monday’s 5 words
Meet your 5 words
Read each word out loud. Can you guess what it means before you flip the card?
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- ancient (adjective) — very old or from a long time ago
- vast (adjective) — of very great extent or quantity; immense
- develop (verb) — to grow or cause to grow and become more mature or advanced
- argument (noun) — an exchange of diverging or opposite views
- insane (adjective) — in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- ancient — very old or from a long time ago
- vast — of very great extent or quantity; immense
- develop — to grow or cause to grow and become more mature or advanced
- argument — an exchange of diverging or opposite views
- insane — in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction
Tuesday’s 5 words
Meet your 5 words
Read each word out loud. Can you guess what it means before you flip the card?
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Show all 5 with meanings
- committee (noun) — a group of people appointed for a specific function
- consideration (noun) — careful thought, typically over a period of time
- believe (verb) — to accept as true or real
- curious (adjective) — eager to know or learn something
- temperature (noun) — the degree of internal heat of a person's body
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- committee — a group of people appointed for a specific function
- consideration — careful thought, typically over a period of time
- believe — to accept as true or real
- curious — eager to know or learn something
- temperature — the degree of internal heat of a person's body
Wednesday’s 5 words
Meet your 5 words
Read each word out loud. Can you guess what it means before you flip the card?
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Show all 5 with meanings
- sufficient (adjective) — enough; adequate
- surprise (verb) — to cause (someone) to feel mild astonishment or shock
- option (noun) — a thing that is or may be chosen
- composition (noun) — the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
- profit (noun) — financial gain
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- sufficient — enough; adequate
- surprise — to cause (someone) to feel mild astonishment or shock
- option — a thing that is or may be chosen
- composition — the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
- profit — financial gain
Thursday’s 5 words
Meet your 5 words
Read each word out loud. Can you guess what it means before you flip the card?
Tap the dots or arrows to go to any word. “Not yet” means you will see it again.
Show all 5 with meanings
- noted (adjective) — well-known; famous
- necessary (adjective) — required to be done, achieved, or present
- constant (adjective) — occurring continuously over a period of time
- dispute (noun) — a disagreement or argument
- sacrifice (noun) — an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- noted — well-known; famous
- necessary — required to be done, achieved, or present
- constant — occurring continuously over a period of time
- dispute — a disagreement or argument
- sacrifice — an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else
Friday’s 5 words
Meet your 5 words
Read each word out loud. Can you guess what it means before you flip the card?
Tap the dots or arrows to go to any word. “Not yet” means you will see it again.
Show all 5 with meanings
- definite (adjective) — clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful
- conceal (verb) — to keep from sight; hide
- moral (adjective) — concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
- divine (adjective) — of, from, or like God or a god
- invalid (adjective) — not valid; without force or foundation
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- definite — clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful
- conceal — to keep from sight; hide
- moral — concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
- divine — of, from, or like God or a god
- invalid — not valid; without force or foundation
The test checks all 25 words from this week.
Saturday test: this week’s 25 words
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Earlier weeks
Members can revise every earlier week with a review test, any time.
- Week 4 26 Octample, consent, recommend, provoke, familiar, rural, retreat, combination, cunning, suggest, persuade, according, suspend, amateur, latter, stomach, interested, address (verb), contract, separate, disclose, successful, adhere, absurd, special
- Week 3 19 Octreside, accommodate, accompany, explanation, objection, seize, convince, dose, tomorrow, submit, acquire, grave, liberal, passive, category, signature, submissive, secretary, guarantee, burden, interrupt, ambition, wither, stubborn, debate
- Week 2 12 Octappearance, contrast, college, altitude, benefit, changeable, attempt, aggressive, confidential, controversy, public, loyalty, pledge, sane, accustomed, chaos, correspond, system, parallel, awkward, beautiful, drought, disappointed, companion, ceiling
- Week 1 5 Octisolation, custom, reveal, promote, contribute, earnest, superior, disappear, equipment, comprehend, traitor, release, occupy, deposit, curb, community, content, sly, declare, environment, commence, oath, habitat, thrust, communicate
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