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
- ample (adjective) — enough or more than enough
- consent (verb) — to give permission for something
- recommend (verb) — to suggest a course of action
- provoke (verb) — to stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one, in someone
- familiar (adjective) — well known from long or close association
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- ample — enough or more than enough
- consent — to give permission for something
- recommend — to suggest a course of action
- provoke — to stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one, in someone
- familiar — well known from long or close association
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
- rural (adjective) — in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- retreat (verb) — to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
- combination (noun) — a joining or merging of different parts or qualities
- cunning (adjective) — having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit
- suggest (verb) — to put forward for consideration
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- rural — in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- retreat — to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
- combination — a joining or merging of different parts or qualities
- cunning — having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit
- suggest — to put forward for consideration
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
- persuade (verb) — to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument
- according (adjective) — agreeing or consistent with
- suspend (verb) — to temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
- amateur (noun) — a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than profession
- latter (adjective) — situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- persuade — to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument
- according — agreeing or consistent with
- suspend — to temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
- amateur — a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than profession
- latter — situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning
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
- stomach (noun) — the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs
- interested (adjective) — showing curiosity or concern about something or someone
- address (verb) — To speak to (a person or an assembly)
- contract (noun) — a written or spoken agreement
- separate (verb) — to cause to move or be apart
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- stomach — the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs
- interested — showing curiosity or concern about something or someone
- address — To speak to (a person or an assembly)
- contract — a written or spoken agreement
- separate — to cause to move or be apart
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
- disclose (verb) — to make secret information known
- successful (adjective) — accomplishing an aim or purpose
- adhere (verb) — to stick to something
- absurd (adjective) — wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
- special (adjective) — better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- disclose — to make secret information known
- successful — accomplishing an aim or purpose
- adhere — to stick to something
- absurd — wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
- special — better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual
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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