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
- reside (verb) — to live in a particular place
- accommodate (verb) — to provide lodging or sufficient space for
- accompany (verb) — to go somewhere with someone
- explanation (noun) — a statement that makes something clear
- objection (noun) — an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- reside — to live in a particular place
- accommodate — to provide lodging or sufficient space for
- accompany — to go somewhere with someone
- explanation — a statement that makes something clear
- objection — an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition
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
- seize (verb) — to take hold of suddenly and forcibly
- convince (verb) — to persuade someone to do or believe something
- dose (noun) — a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time
- tomorrow (verb) — on the day after today
- submit (verb) — to accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- seize — to take hold of suddenly and forcibly
- convince — to persuade someone to do or believe something
- dose — a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time
- tomorrow — on the day after today
- submit — to accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person
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
- acquire (verb) — to obtain something
- grave (noun) — a place of burial for a dead body
- liberal (adjective) — willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own
- passive (adjective) — accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance
- category (noun) — a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- acquire — to obtain something
- grave — a place of burial for a dead body
- liberal — willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own
- passive — accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance
- category — a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics
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
- signature (noun) — a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter
- submissive (adjective) — ready to conform to the authority or will of others
- secretary (noun) — a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, keep records, make appointments, and carry out similar tasks
- guarantee (noun) — a formal assurance that certain conditions will be fulfilled
- burden (noun) — a heavy load or something difficult to carry or deal with
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- signature — a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter
- submissive — ready to conform to the authority or will of others
- secretary — a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, keep records, make appointments, and carry out similar tasks
- guarantee — a formal assurance that certain conditions will be fulfilled
- burden — a heavy load or something difficult to carry or deal with
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
- interrupt (verb) — to stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process)
- ambition (noun) — a strong desire to achieve something
- wither (verb) — to become dry and shriveled
- stubborn (adjective) — having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something
- debate (noun) — a formal discussion on a particular topic
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- interrupt — to stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process)
- ambition — a strong desire to achieve something
- wither — to become dry and shriveled
- stubborn — having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something
- debate — a formal discussion on a particular topic
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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