1. Vocabulary building playing cards comprising a deck having a multiplicity of cards, each card displaying symbolic indicia defining a suit designation, there being 4 suits in said deck, each suit having a prescribed number of different value denominaions, the value denominations of each suit being the same as each other suit, at least some of said cards being vocabulary cards having a vocabulary word thereon, each of said vocabulary cards displaying indicia comprising a correct definition and a plurality of incorrect definitions of the respective vocabulary word, indicia defining a different value denomination on each vocabulary card adjacent each correct and each incorrect definition, the value denomination of each vocabulary card being that corresponding to the correct definition of the vocabulary word.