Vocabulary videos
VocabAhead was built around short vocabulary videos — roughly 1,100 of them. They ran on Flash, Flash was retired in 2020, and most of the library did not survive.
51 of them do survive, on the original YouTube channel, and they are embedded below and on each word’s own page. That is still a small fraction of eleven hundred, and this page exists partly to say so plainly: if you linked to VocabAhead for its videos, most of what you linked to is gone.
Abase
verb — cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Abominable
adjective — unequivocally detestable; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke
Absolute
noun — something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
Adhere
verb — be compatible or in accordance with
Aspersion
noun — an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Aver
verb — to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Ballast
noun — any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
Belie
verb — be in contradiction with
Bilk
verb — cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Burlesque
noun — a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
Buttress
noun — a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Castigate
verb — inflict severe punishment on
Clamor
noun — a loud harsh or strident noise
Coerce
verb — to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Commiserate
verb — to feel or express sympathy or compassion
Conscript
noun — someone who is drafted into military service
Coy
adjective — affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
Delirious
adjective — experiencing delirium
Doff
verb — remove
Droll
adjective — comical in an odd or whimsical manner
Embellish
verb — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Emollient
noun — toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
Endemic
noun — a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
Engaging
verb — carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Estrange
verb — remove from customary environment or associations
Exhort
verb — spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Feign
verb — make believe with the intent to deceive
Grill
noun — a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
Heterodoxy
noun — any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Laceration
noun — a torn ragged wound
Lachrymose
adjective — showing sorrow
Lackluster
adjective — lacking brilliance or vitality
Lassitude
noun — a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Legerdemain
noun — an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Libretto
noun — the words of an opera or musical play
Loll
verb — hang loosely or laxly
Macerate
verb — soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
Meddlesome
adjective — intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Mettle
noun — the courage to carry on
Minion
noun — a servile or fawning dependant
Obtuse
adjective — slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray
Parochial
adjective — relating to or supported by or located in a parish
Quaint
adjective — strange in an interesting or pleasing way
Reprisal
noun — a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Unkempt
adjective — not properly maintained or cared for
Utilitarian
noun — someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
Vagrant
adjective — continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Vespertine
def — 1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray. 2. (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.
Vindicate
verb — clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
Zeitgeist
noun — the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
Zoophagous
adjective — (of animals) carnivorous
What happened to the rest. The other videos streamed through a Flash gallery that was never archived, so they exist neither on the site nor in the Wayback Machine. The written library — about 1,400 SAT and GRE words with definitions and example sentences — is at /words.