Tier 4 of 5
High Camp: testing
Tier four is exam and journalism vocabulary. You will meet words here that you have read many times without ever having to define, which is exactly the gap a synonym question exposes.
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Every word at High CampGrouped by theme
Qualities192 words
What something is like
- aboveboardadjectivestraightforward
- adamantadjectiveinexorable
- affirmativeadjectiveoptimistic
- ambiguousadjectiveequivocal
- antiqueadjectivepasse
- authoritarianadjectiveoverbearing
- barbarousadjectivefell
- bareadjectivestripped
- becomingadjectivecomely
- beguilingadjectivetempting
- bitenounsharpness
- bitteradjectiveacrimonious
- blackadjectivesmutty
- blandadjectiveflat
- blueadjectivebluish
- boorishadjectiveneanderthal
- brittleadjectivebrickle
- burdensomeadjectivetaxing
- casualadjectivepassing
- cheerfulnessnounsunshine
- cloisteredadjectivesecluded
- closenessnounintimacy
- cloudyadjectivemuddy
- coincidentadjectivesimultaneous
- coldnessnouncoolness
- complementnounaccompaniment
- conscientiousadjectivepainstaking
- considerationnouncondition
- constancynounstability
- copiousadjectivevoluminous
- datelessadjectiveendless
- debonairadjectivesuave
- deceitfuladjectiveduplicitous
- decelerationnounslowing
- defectnounshortcoming
- definitiveadjectiveauthoritative
- delinquencynoundereliction
- deviousadjectiveroundabout
- difficultadjectiveunmanageable
- dignitynoungravitas
- diligentadjectivepersevering
- discernmentnoundiscretion
- disingenuousadjectiveartful
- distributionnoundispersion
- divergencenoundisagreement
- dodderingadjectivesenile
- dullnessnounbluntness
- durabilitynounstrength
- edgeverbborder
- elaborateadjectivedetailed
- emphaticadjectiveforceful
- energynounpush
- equivalentadjectivetantamount
- etherealadjectiveaerial
- eventfuladjectiveconsequential
- expansiveadjectivetalkative
- familiaradjectiveintimate
- fightnouncombat
- finalitynoundecisiveness
- firmadjectivefast
- firmnessnounsoundness
- flightyadjectivescatterbrained
- flimsyadjectiveinsubstantial
- flintyadjectivestony
- floridadjectiveflamboyant
- fluiditynounliquidity
- fractiousadjectivecranky
- funnounmerriment
- gaucheadjectivegraceless
- gawkyadjectiveclumsy
- genteeladjectivepolite
- godlyadjectivedivine
- groundlessadjectivewild
- happyadjectivefelicitous
- hardheadedadjectivepractical
- hastenounhurry
- hastyadjectiveprecipitate
- heartyadjectivelusty
- heedlessadjectivereckless
- humilitynounhumbleness
- ignobleadjectiveuntitled
- inadequacynoundeficiency
- inattentiveadjectiveneglectful
- incompetentadjectiveunskilled
- indefatigableadjectivetireless
- indeterminateadjectiveundetermined
- indifferentadjectiveapathetic
- indigenousadjectiveendemic
- indisputableadjectiveincontestable
- ineptadjectiveawkward
- inertianouninactivity
- inexorableadjectivestern
- ingenuousadjectiveartless
- insensibleadjectivesenseless
- insipidadjectivejejune
- insubstantialadjectiveunreal
- interchangeableadjectivesimilar
- involvedadjectivetangled
- irrepressibleadjectiveuncontrollable
- irreverentadjectiveimpertinent
- jaggedadjectivescraggy
- kindadjectivetolerant
- lankyadjectivegangly
- lazyadjectiveindolent
- leadenadjectivedull
- leanadjectiveskimpy
- lightnessnounweightlessness
- liquidadjectivefluid
- loquaciousadjectivegarrulous
- lumberingadjectiveheavy
- luminositynounlight
- luminousadjectiveaglow
- luridadjectiveshocking
- lustrousadjectivebright
- malformedadjectivedistorted
- minuteadjectivenarrow
- miserlyadjectivemean
- monolithicadjectivemassive
- monotonynounhumdrum
- obdurateadjectiveintransigent
- objectionableadjectiveobnoxious
- ostentatiousadjectivepretentious
- pedestrianadjectiveearthbound
- perkyadjectivebuoyant
- pliableadjectivemalleable
- pliantadjectiveplastic
- preponderancenounprevalence
- probitynounintegrity
- profusionnounrichness
- proportionaladjectiverelative
- pungentadjectiveacrid
- quicksilveradjectiveerratic
- rainnounpelting
- refractoryadjectivestubborn
- reluctantadjectiveloath
- reprobateadjectiveperverse
- resolutionnounfirmness
- resonantadjectiveresounding
- retiringadjectivepast
- rigidadjectiveset
- riotousadjectivelush
- roughadjectiverocky
- rusticadjectiveagrestic
- ruthlessadjectivepitiless
- sanctimoniousadjectivepriggish
- sanguineadjectiveruddy
- scantadjectivelight
- sentientadjectiveanimate
- shortadjectivecurt
- singularitynoununiqueness
- smartnessnounalacrity
- snapverbclick
- soundlessadjectivestill
- speciousadjectivespurious
- speednounswiftness
- staticadjectivestable
- staunchadjectivesteadfast
- stingyadjectiveungenerous
- stodgyadjectivestuffy
- stoutadjectiveportly
- stringentadjectivetight
- sufficiencynounenough
- swaggeringadjectiveoverbearing
- tactlessadjectiveinept
- tempernounirritation
- thoroughadjectiveexhaustive
- thoughtlessadjectiveuncaring
- transcendentaladjectiveotherworldly
- treacherousadjectiveunreliable
- unciviladjectiverude
- undefinedadjectivevague
- understatedadjectiveunpretentious
- unearthlyadjectiveweird
- unenlightenedadjectivenaive
- unequaladjectiveinadequate
- unequivocaladjectivedefinitive
- unevenadjectivemismatched
- unfavorableadjectivedisadvantageous
- unreliableadjectiveundependable
- unsoundadjectivebad
- unsympatheticadjectivedisagreeable
- unwieldyadjectiveunmanageable
- upstageadjectivedistant
- utilitarianadjectiveuseful
- verticaladjectiveupright
- vibrantadjectivevivacious
- virulentadjectivedeadly
- volatilitynoununpredictability
- weightyadjectiveheavy
- wistfuladjectivepensive
- worldlyadjectiveblase
- youngadjectiveyouthful
Actions69 words
Things done, named as nouns
- adhesionnounattachment
- admissionnounadmittance
- amplificationnounelaboration
- analogousadjectivecorrespondent
- auspicesnounprotection
- authorshipnounpaternity
- breakdownnoundislocation
- breakoutnounjailbreak
- buildingnounconstruction
- capitulationnounfall
- chairnounprofessorship
- conformitynouncompliance
- consolidationnounintegration
- crashnounsmash
- criminaladjectivefelonious
- deceitnounsubterfuge
- deferencenounrespect
- deprivationnounprivation
- detectionnounsensing
- dispersionnoundiffusion
- doubleadjectivetwofold
- drenchingnounsoaking
- extinctionnounquenching
- fightnouncombat
- footholdnounbeachhead
- funnounmerriment
- hastenounhurry
- impulsenounwhim
- interchangenounexchange
- liftnounraise
- makingnoundevising
- metamorphosisnountransfiguration
- misdirectionnoundistraction
- mismanagementnounmisdirection
- moderationnounmitigation
- officiatingnounrefereeing
- oppressionnounsubjugation
- parachutingnounjump
- passingnoungoing
- practicenounpattern
- prayernounsupplication
- preparationnouncooking
- prohibitionnouninhibition
- promptlyadverbforthwith
- protestverbremonstrate
- providentialadjectivedivine
- pushyadjectiveofficious
- rapaciousadjectivevoracious
- reclamationnounreformation
- recordingnountranscription
- reproductionnounreplication
- returnnounhomecoming
- reviewnouninspection
- revivalnounresurgence
- ribbingnountease
- rummagenounransacking
- sacrilegiousadjectiveprofane
- savoringnountasting
- schismnounsplit
- shopliftingnounshrinkage
- sleddingnoungoing
- snubnouncut
- subtractionnoundeduction
- subversionnouncorruption
- surgenounupsurge
- vindicationnounexoneration
- voidverbabrogate
- wasteverbdesolate
- wormverbinveigle
Communication58 words
Saying, writing, signalling
- accordnounconformity
- assentnounacquiescence
- bitenounsharpness
- blandadjectiveflat
- cancelverbinvalidate
- caveatnouncaution
- clarifyverbelucidate
- commendableadjectivepraiseworthy
- condemnverbreprobate
- consecrateverbgive
- contentiousadjectivecombative
- conversationaladjectivecolloquial
- crawfishverbretreat
- diagnosticadjectivesymptomatic
- digressverbwander
- disciplinaryadjectivecorrective
- disparagingadjectivederogatory
- eloquencenounsmoothness
- emphaticadjectiveforceful
- equivocateverbprevaricate
- exposenoununmasking
- expressionnounsaying
- facileadjectivesilver
- farcicaladjectiveridiculous
- faxverbfacsimile
- floutverbscoff
- floweryadjectiveornate
- glibadjectivefacile
- gravellyadjectiverough
- grimacenounface
- gripenounkick
- hedgingnounhedge
- inciteverbinstigate
- letternounmissive
- nicknamenounmoniker
- notationnounnote
- peacenounpacification
- pompousadjectiveoverblown
- pontificateverbdeclaim
- proddingnounspur
- punnounwordplay
- puzzlernounteaser
- ratificationnounconfirmation
- rebukenounreprimand
- regurgitateverbreproduce
- rejoindernounriposte
- resultnounanswer
- romanticadjectiveamorous
- signverbsubscribe
- signifiednounsense
- smilingadjectivebeamish
- succinctlyadverbpithily
- verbiagenounwording
- vernacularnounpatois
- vindicateverbjustify
- voicenounarticulation
- warningnounadmonition
- watchwordnouncry
Thinking and knowing56 words
Judgement, memory, belief
- absentadjectiveabstracted
- absentmindedlyadverbabstractedly
- acumennounsagacity
- affirmativeadjectiveoptimistic
- albatrossnounmillstone
- artsnounhumanities
- assaynouncheck
- awareadjectivecognizant
- awarenessnounsentience
- bemusedadjectivelost
- compareverbequate
- considerationnouncondition
- darkadjectivebenighted
- detectionnounsensing
- discreetadjectivecircumspect
- distinctionnoundifferentiation
- divisionaladjectivefractional
- drawverbmake
- druthersnounpreference
- existentialadjectiveexperiential
- facetnounaspect
- familiaradjectiveintimate
- heedlessadjectivereckless
- ignorantadjectiveilliterate
- ilknounlike
- imagenounprototype
- ineptadjectiveawkward
- inexperiencenounrawness
- insensibleadjectivesenseless
- knowledgeableadjectiveerudite
- learnedadjectiveerudite
- meatyadjectivesubstantive
- memorynounstore
- misinterpretverbmisunderstand
- pestilencenouncanker
- platverbplot
- positiveadjectiveoverconfident
- prerequisitenounrequirement
- proclivitynounleaning
- proficiencynountechnique
- realitynounworld
- recognitionnounidentification
- reviewnouninspection
- scoreverbmark
- senseverbsmell
- skepticaladjectivechary
- staticadjectivestable
- thornnounirritant
- tightnessnounconstriction
- trustnounfaith
- unerringlyadverbinfallibly
- unimaginativeadjectivestereotypical
- unsuspectingadjectivecredulous
- unwaveringlyadverbintransigently
- unwittingadjectiveignorant
- vigilancenounalertness
States and conditions56 words
How something stands
- achingadjectiveachy
- actualadjectivefactual
- anarchicadjectivelawless
- aridadjectivedesiccated
- astiradjectiveabuzz
- blamelessadjectiveunimpeachable
- climatenounclime
- comatoseadjectivestuporous
- complacentadjectiveblase
- consistverbcomprise
- desirousadjectivewishful
- destitutionnounpenury
- dirtyadjectiveunclean
- discreditnoundisrepute
- disrepairnoundilapidation
- distendedadjectiveswollen
- dominatingadjectiveascendant
- fatiguenountiredness
- fitfullyadverbspasmodically
- forbearverbrefrain
- founderverbmiscarry
- glorynounglorification
- inadequacynoundeficiency
- innocentadjectiveguiltless
- insensateadjectiveanesthetized
- languishverbmolder
- leadingadjectivepreeminent
- locateverbsituate
- loiterverblounge
- miserynounwretchedness
- neglectnoundisuse
- parlousadjectiveprecarious
- penurynoundestitution
- precedeverbforego
- predominantadjectiveparamount
- rationalitynounreason
- realadjectivetangible
- realitynounworld
- recognitionnounidentification
- resultnounanswer
- rhymeverbrime
- rigidadjectiveset
- servantnounhandmaiden
- sleepinessnoundrowsiness
- somnolentadjectivedrowsy
- spuriousadjectiveinauthentic
- stormyadjectivetempestuous
- straddleverbrange
- suitverbbecome
- tendernessnounsoreness
- trimadjectiveshipshape
- turmoilnountumult
- unsoundadjectivebad
- unsungadjectiveunknown
- vimnounvitality
- woebegoneadjectiveforlorn
People and roles35 words
Who someone is
- amateurishadjectiveunskilled
- automatonnounzombie
- badgerverbbeleaguer
- breakawayadjectiveseparatist
- changernounmodifier
- cowardlyadjectivecraven
- destroyernounwaster
- dictatornounauthoritarian
- dictatorialadjectivetyrannical
- divineadjectiveinspired
- egocentricadjectiveselfish
- engagedadjectivebetrothed
- fledglingadjectivecallow
- fractiousadjectivecranky
- frumpnoundog
- hedonisticadjectiveepicurean
- heraldnountrumpeter
- instigatornounfirebrand
- liarnounprevaricator
- nondescriptadjectivecharacterless
- nutnounjunky
- organizernounarranger
- ownernounpossessor
- parasiticadjectivebloodsucking
- pillarnounmainstay
- ramshackleadjectivederelict
- relievernouncomforter
- roguishadjectivedevilish
- southpawnounlefty
- spendthriftnounprofligate
- swimmernounbather
- talkativeadjectivegarrulous
- tenantnounrenter
- umpirenounarbiter
- unsophisticatedadjectivehick
Change34 words
Becoming something else
- afflictverbsmite
- blendverbmix
- changeverbexchange
- condenseverbconcentrate
- curtailverbcurb
- disableverbincapacitate
- docileadjectiveteachable
- drawverbmake
- editverbredact
- electrifyverbwire
- fermentverbwork
- graduateverbcalibrate
- impregnateverbsaturate
- interchangenounexchange
- invalidateverbvoid
- invertverbreverse
- negateverbnullify
- perennialadjectiverepeated
- regulateverborder
- releaseverbfree
- renovateverbrefurbish
- restructureverbreconstitute
- sharpenverbheighten
- soakverbimbue
- souseverbsoak
- staradjectiveleading
- steepverbinfuse
- stifleverbdampen
- strengthenverbfortify
- stretchverbextend
- tightenverbfasten
- unfurlverbunroll
- wasteverbdesolate
- waterverbirrigate
Contact and joining27 words
Touching, holding, fixing
- basteverbtack
- blendverbmix
- boxverbpackage
- buoyantadjectivefloaty
- drizzleverbmoisten
- encircleverbcircle
- engraveverbetch
- extricateverbuntangle
- impaleverbspike
- lubricateverblube
- missivenouncommunique
- overloadverbovercharge
- repelverbdrive
- ruffleverbpleat
- scoreverbmark
- scuffleverbtussle
- sloshverbslush
- smearverbdaub
- snapverbclick
- stubverbextinguish
- tactileadjectivehaptic
- tampverbpack
- trimadjectiveshipshape
- unloadverboffload
- unravelverbuntangle
- unwindverbunroll
- whittleverbpare
Emotions26 words
What something feels like
- animositynounrancor
- apprehensiveadjectivetimorous
- astonishmentnounamazement
- avidadjectivegreedy
- blitheadjectivelighthearted
- closenessnounintimacy
- dandernounhackles
- delightnoundelectation
- despondentadjectiveheartsick
- dispiritedadjectivedown
- enragedadjectiveapoplectic
- exaltverbinspire
- excitementnounexhilaration
- frissonnounchill
- hotheadedadjectiveirascible
- impulsenounwhim
- languidadjectivedreamy
- mournfuladjectivedoleful
- provokingadjectiveagitating
- romanticadjectiveamorous
- tempernounirritation
- thanklessadjectiveungrateful
- unbiasedadjectiveindifferent
- upliftverbintoxicate
- wildnessnounabandon
- zealnounelan
Objects25 words
Things you can hold
- additionnounaccession
- basinnounlavatory
- boxverbpackage
- brainchildnouninspiration
- buildingnounconstruction
- burqanounburka
- courtlyadjectiveformal
- etherealadjectiveaerial
- exemplaryadjectiveemblematic
- floppynoundiskette
- forkedadjectivebranched
- gearshiftnounshifter
- handcartnouncart
- hearthnounfireside
- imagenounprototype
- jimmynounjemmy
- memorynounstore
- picketnounbaluster
- prophylacticadjectivepreventive
- shouldernounberm
- spikenounspindle
- stylusnounstyle
- symbolicadjectiveemblematic
- walknounpaseo
- waysidenounroadside
Events23 words
Things that happen
- accidentaladjectiveincidental
- cavalcadenouncortege
- ceremonialadjectivetitular
- ceremonynounobservance
- cyclenounround
- deathnounexpiry
- decreasenounlessening
- entouragenounretinue
- farewelladjectivevaledictory
- feteverblionize
- gushnounflush
- humiliationnounmortification
- laudverbextol
- looseningnounrelaxation
- officiateverbsolemnize
- passingnoungoing
- providentialadjectivedivine
- refinementnounelaboration
- remissionnounsubsidence
- returnnounhomecoming
- ringverbknell
- signverbsubscribe
- watershednounlandmark
Materials17 words
What something is made of
- airyadjectivegossamer
- alloynounamalgam
- crumblyadjectivefriable
- cureverbvulcanize
- debrisnoundetritus
- dryverbdesiccate
- flexiblyadverbpliantly
- forgeverbsmith
- friableadjectivecrumbly
- kneadverbwedge
- muckyadjectivemuddy
- peelverbdelaminate
- preparationnouncooking
- sizenounsizing
- slimyadjectiveslimed
- stretchyadjectiveextensible
- toughenverbanneal
The body13 words
Bodily verbs and parts
Nature12 words
Land, weather, living things
Social life11 words
Acting with other people
Quantity11 words
How much of it there is
Perception11 words
Seeing, hearing, noticing
Weather11 words
Fire, frost and blight
Relations9 words
How two things stand to each other
Giving and transferring8 words
Handing something over
Groups and collections7 words
Many treated as one
Food and drink6 words
Eating, drinking, abstaining
Competition6 words
Beating, or trying to
Money6 words
Sums, aid and exchange
Processes6 words
Something unfolding over time
Time5 words
When, and for how long
Shapes5 words
Form and outline
Animals5 words
Creatures and their traits
Movement4 words
Going from here to there
Places3 words
Where something is
Making and creating1 words
Bringing something into being
No theme recorded106 words
The bank leaves a theme off an entry when none of the shelves is a good fit. These words are listed here rather than being filed under a theme they do not belong to.
- acutelyadverbsharply
- addledadjectivewoolly
- agapeadjectivegaping
- amplyadverbrichly
- anxiouslyadverbuneasily
- approachableadjectiveaccessible
- awestruckadjectiveawed
- barefacedadjectivebald
- basicadjectiveintroductory
- benevolentadjectivephilanthropic
- bentadjectivebended
- biasedadjectiveslanted
- blastingadjectiveruinous
- blessedadjectiveblest
- blightedadjectivespoilt
- boredadjectiveblase
- broadlyadverbgenerally
- bumblingadjectivebungling
- buriedadjectiveinterred
- chargedadjectivesupercharged
- closedadjectiveunsympathetic
- compulsivelyadverbobsessively
- congealedadjectivejellied
- crookedadjectiveasymmetrical
- curvedadjectivecurving
- deflatedadjectivecrestfallen
- deluxeadjectiveluxe
- detachedadjectiveuninvolved
- disheartenedadjectivediscouraged
- distraughtadjectiveoverwrought
- electricadjectivegalvanic
- elfinadjectiveelvish
- embarrassingadjectivemortifying
- embossedadjectiveraised
- establishedadjectiveconstituted
- exactingadjectiveexigent
- experimentaladjectiveobservational
- extraordinarilyadverbinordinately
- faithfullyadverbreliably
- feyadjectiveelfin
- firmlyadverbsteadfastly
- flatadjectiveunconditional
- flawedadjectiveblemished
- forgottenadjectivedisregarded
- fouledadjectivebefouled
- furrowedadjectiverugged
- goryadjectivebloodstained
- halcyonadjectivegolden
- headlongadjectiveheadfirst
- humdrumadjectivemonotonous
- incisedadjectiveengraved
- indiscernibleadjectiveundetectable
- inestimableadjectiveimmeasurable
- inexhaustibleadjectiveunlimited
- keenlyadverbacutely
- lightlyadverbsoftly
- limpadjectivewilted
- liveadjectiveunrecorded
- majesticadjectiveolympian
- mindlesslyadverbsenselessly
- mousyadjectivemousey
- nominaladjectivetitular
- oddadjectiveunmatched
- outwardlyadverbexternally
- paleadjectivepallid
- particularlyadverbpeculiarly
- pastoraladjectivebucolic
- piquantadjectiveengaging
- plasteredadjectiveslicked
- powerfullyadverbstrongly
- prenataladjectiveantenatal
- regretfuladjectivesorry
- revivedadjectivereanimated
- rigidlyadverbstiffly
- rigorouslyadverbstrictly
- roundaboutadjectivecircuitous
- sadlyadverbunhappily
- seriouslyadverbbadly
- shakenadjectivejolted
- shearedadjectiveshorn
- shriveledadjectiveshrunken
- slippingadjectiveslithering
- smoothlyadverbswimmingly
- soberlyadverbgravely
- soddenadjectivesoppy
- stressedadjectiveaccented
- sunkenadjectiverecessed
- taperedadjectivenarrowing
- thoroughlyadverbexhaustively
- tiedadjectivefastened
- titledadjectivehighborn
- tonicadjectiveaccented
- toplessadjectivebraless
- tormentedadjectiveanguished
- transverseadjectivecross
- unalteredadjectiveunchanged
- unapproachableadjectiveunreachable
- uncannyadjectivepreternatural
- undisputedadjectiveunchallenged
- unfailingadjectivefoolproof
- unluckyadjectiveluckless
- unsulliedadjectivestainless
- unvarnishedadjectiveplain
- uppermostadjectivetopmost
- verbatimadjectivedirect
- wailingadjectivelamenting
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