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
- community (noun) — a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- liberty (noun) — the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions
- nuisance (noun) — a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance
- separate (verb) — to cause to move or be apart
- convenience (noun) — the state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Monday’s words.
- community — a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- liberty — the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions
- nuisance — a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance
- separate — to cause to move or be apart
- convenience — the state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty
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
- lavish (adjective) — sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
- linger (verb) — to stay in a place longer than necessary
- category (noun) — a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics
- custom (noun) — a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving
- declare (verb) — to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Tuesday’s words.
- lavish — sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
- linger — to stay in a place longer than necessary
- category — a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics
- custom — a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving
- declare — to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially
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
- legible (adjective) — (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read
- retain (verb) — to continue to have something
- deny (verb) — to state that something is not true
- completely (verb) — totally; utterly
- 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
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Wednesday’s words.
- legible — (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read
- retain — to continue to have something
- deny — to state that something is not true
- completely — totally; utterly
- 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
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
- controversy (noun) — prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion
- explanation (noun) — a statement that makes something clear
- constant (adjective) — occurring continuously over a period of time
- ridiculous (adjective) — deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd
- abandon (verb) — to leave behind or run away from someone or something
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Thursday’s words.
- controversy — prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion
- explanation — a statement that makes something clear
- constant — occurring continuously over a period of time
- ridiculous — deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd
- abandon — to leave behind or run away from someone or something
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
- vacant (adjective) — empty or not occupied
- physical (adjective) — relating to the body as opposed to the mind
- absurd (adjective) — wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
- curb (verb) — to restrain or keep in check
- consume (verb) — to use up a resource
Well done!
You learnt all 5 of Friday’s words.
- vacant — empty or not occupied
- physical — relating to the body as opposed to the mind
- absurd — wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
- curb — to restrain or keep in check
- consume — to use up a resource
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 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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