Vocabulary 🔤 Can These Words Boost Your GCSE Writing Skills? Week 1 Insights Inside! 🤔📚

English GCSE - ambitious vocabulary

Vocabulary GCSE Week 1

Using a range of ambitious vocabulary can make your writing stand out! 🌟 Take some time to look up the definitions of these words and try using them in your own sentences. 📝 Choose the words you like best and feel confident using—you don’t have to learn them all.

Vocabulary Challenge

Focus on what feels natural and will add the most impact to your writing. I have given you the definition and word class to save you time looking them up. Left us focus on learning them.

Sharpen Your Vocabulary: Unscramble the Words - Letter A Challenge 🧩

Online Interactive word search for A words here:

Sharpen Your Vocabulary: Unscramble the Words - Letter A Challenge 🧩

First Row:

1. Appraise (Verb): To assess the value or quality of something.

2. Affix (Verb, Noun):

   • Verb: To attach, stick, or fasten something.

   • Noun: A thing attached, like a stamp or seal.

3. Acquire (Verb): To gain possession or ownership of something; to learn or develop a skill.

4. Alchemy (Noun): A medieval practice of attempting to transform materials (e.g., turning lead into gold); metaphorically, a magical transformation.

5. Awkward (Adjective): Causing difficulty or embarrassment; lacking grace or skill.

6. Acclaim (Noun, Verb):

   • Noun: Enthusiastic approval or praise.

   • Verb: To praise enthusiastically.

7. Affable (Adjective): Friendly, easy to talk to, and good-natured.

8. Azure (Adjective, Noun):

   • Adjective: Bright blue in color, like a cloudless sky.

   • Noun: A bright blue color or the sky.

9. Ample (Adjective): More than enough; plentiful.

10. Ajar (Adjective): Slightly open (usually referring to a door or window).

11. Awe (Noun, Verb):

    • Noun: A feeling of wonder, reverence, or fear mixed with admiration.

    • Verb: To inspire with awe.

12. Apt (Adjective): Appropriate or suitable; quick to learn.

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Second Row:

1. Blazing (Adjective, Verb):

   • Adjective: Burning fiercely or shining brightly; intense.

   • Verb: Present participle of "blaze."

2. Brusque (Adjective): Abrupt or blunt in manner or speech.

3. Bouquet (Noun): A collection of flowers arranged together; can also mean a characteristic scent.

4. Backlog (Noun): An accumulation of unfinished tasks or items.

5. Bequest (Noun): Something given or left in a will; inheritance.

6. Beckon (Verb): To signal or summon with a gesture, often invitingly.

7. Bijou (Noun, Adjective):

   • Noun: A small, elegant, and delicate object or structure.

   • Adjective: Small and elegant (used in some contexts).

8. Brazen (Adjective, Verb):

   • Adjective: Bold and shameless.

   • Verb: To face a situation boldly.

9. Bulky (Adjective): Large and difficult to handle or manage.

10. Baulk (Verb, Noun):

    • Verb: To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

    • Noun: A hindrance or barrier (less common).

11. Brink (Noun): The edge or verge of something, often something important or dangerous.

12. Bid (Verb, Noun):

    • Verb: To offer a price for something, especially at an auction.

    • Noun: An offer or attempt.

Start exploring these words today and see how they transform your writing! ✨ Remember, building your vocabulary is a journey, and every new word brings you closer to expressing yourself with confidence and creativity. 🚀 Happy learning! 🎓