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
- mysterious (adjective) — difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify
- sacred (adjective) — connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose
- committee (noun) — a group of people appointed for a specific function
- privilege (noun) — a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
- criticise (verb) — to indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- mysterious — difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify
- sacred — connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose
- committee — a group of people appointed for a specific function
- privilege — a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
- criticise — to indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way
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
- definite (adjective) — clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful
- confidential (adjective) — intended to be kept secret
- anxious (adjective) — experiencing worry or unease
- apparent (adjective) — clearly visible or understood
- occur (verb) — to happen; take place
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- definite — clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful
- confidential — intended to be kept secret
- anxious — experiencing worry or unease
- apparent — clearly visible or understood
- occur — to happen; take place
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
- sleek (adjective) — (of hair, fur, or skin) smooth and glossy
- fertile (adjective) — capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops
- tolerable (adjective) — able to be endured
- wither (verb) — to become dry and shriveled
- summit (noun) — the highest point of a hill or mountain
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- sleek — (of hair, fur, or skin) smooth and glossy
- fertile — capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops
- tolerable — able to be endured
- wither — to become dry and shriveled
- summit — the highest point of a hill or mountain
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
- distinct (adjective) — recognizably different in nature from something else
- drought (noun) — a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall
- flora (noun) — the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
- suggest (verb) — to put forward for consideration
- communicate (verb) — to convey or share information
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- distinct — recognizably different in nature from something else
- drought — a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall
- flora — the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
- suggest — to put forward for consideration
- communicate — to convey or share information
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
- thrust (verb) — to push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
- rural (adjective) — in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- meticulous (adjective) — showing great attention to detail
- objection (noun) — an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition
- nauseous (adjective) — affected with nausea; inclined to vomit
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- thrust — to push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
- rural — in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- meticulous — showing great attention to detail
- objection — an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition
- nauseous — affected with nausea; inclined to vomit
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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