Vocab Workout Quiz, Set 1 of 10

Welcome to the ultimate vocab quiz featuring Brainscape’s flashcards (https://www.brainscape.com) from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection of general knowledge flashcards! Find those (and more English vocab flashcards) here:

• Get Smarter: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/get-smarter
• Vocab Builder: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/vocab-builder
• GRE Vocabulary Flashcards: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/gre-vocabulary
• Proverbs & Idioms: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/proverbs-and-idioms

In this video, we'll test your smarts with a selection of questions and answers that cover a wide range of English vocabulary, such as:

0:17 - What does ‘officious’ mean?

1:38 - What does ‘supplicate’ mean?

Then, in the second half of the video, we reverse the order and begin by describing the definition and you must answer with the word or term, for example:

2:36 - What word or term means ‘blocking all light’ or ‘hard to understand’?

3:09 - What word or term means ‘to substitute or take precedence over’?

The questions and answers you see on the screen are actually screen recordings of Brainscape’s Vocab Workout flashcards from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection (https://www.brainscape.com/learn/get-smarter), one of the most effective tools for improving your baseline knowledge in all the things you wished you’d learned in school!

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So, whether you're an English student, a trivia buff, or just someone who loves to learn new words, this video, and the other 9 sets in this series, are totally for you! So sit back, relax, and get ready to put your knowledge to the test and get smarter (https://www.brainscape.com/academy/get-smarter/) with Brainscape's flashcards.

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