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?
Tap the dots or arrows to go to any word. “Not yet” means you will see it again.
Show all 5 with meanings
- rare (adjective) — not occurring very often
- temptation (noun) — the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise
- appeal (noun) — a quality that attracts people
- rigid (adjective) — unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible
- composition (noun) — the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- rare — not occurring very often
- temptation — the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise
- appeal — a quality that attracts people
- rigid — unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible
- composition — the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
Tuesday’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
- margin (noun) — the edge or border of something
- offend (verb) — to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
- amateur (noun) — a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than profession
- relevant (adjective) — closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered
- promote (verb) — to further the progress of something
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- margin — the edge or border of something
- offend — to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
- amateur — a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than profession
- relevant — closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered
- promote — to further the progress of something
Wednesday’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
- correspond (verb) — to communicate by exchanging letters
- desperately (verb) — in a way that shows despair
- robust (adjective) — strong and healthy; vigorous
- habitat (noun) — the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- turbulent (adjective) — characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- correspond — to communicate by exchanging letters
- desperately — in a way that shows despair
- robust — strong and healthy; vigorous
- habitat — the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- turbulent — characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm
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
- release (verb) — to set free from confinement
- rogue (noun) — a dishonest or unprincipled man
- reserve (verb) — to save for future use
- convince (verb) — to persuade someone to do or believe something
- description (noun) — a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- release — to set free from confinement
- rogue — a dishonest or unprincipled man
- reserve — to save for future use
- convince — to persuade someone to do or believe something
- description — a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event
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
- interfere (verb) — to prevent (a process or activity) from continuing or being carried out properly
- puncture (noun) — a small hole made by a sharp object
- interior (noun) — the inner part of something
- estimate (verb) — to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of something
- recognise (verb) — to identify someone or something from having encountered them before
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- interfere — to prevent (a process or activity) from continuing or being carried out properly
- puncture — a small hole made by a sharp object
- interior — the inner part of something
- estimate — to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of something
- recognise — to identify someone or something from having encountered them before
Earlier weeks
Members can revise every earlier week with a review test, any time.
- Week 4 26 Octmysterious, sacred, committee, privilege, criticise, definite, confidential, anxious, apparent, occur, sleek, fertile, tolerable, wither, summit, distinct, drought, flora, suggest, communicate, thrust, rural, meticulous, objection, nauseous
- Week 3 19 Octrare, temptation, appeal (noun), rigid, composition, margin, offend, amateur, relevant, promote, correspond, desperately, robust, habitat, turbulent, release, rogue, reserve, convince, description, interfere, puncture, interior, estimate, recognise
- Week 2 12 Octembarrass, matte, content, banish, decline, distinguished, address (verb), abundant, harass, tropical, accuse, profession, habitable, appearance, scripture, acquainted, recommend, volatile, loneliness, modest, convict, brief, hygienic, restore, system
- Week 1 5 Octchangeable, union, moderate, profit, mischief, according, refer, restrain, conclusion, competition, passive, lofty, majestic, programme, submit, debate, tomorrow, individual, convey, dose, pronunciation, identity, meagre, supposed, sacrifice
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