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	08-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists deleterious [ del-i-TEER-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   harmful or detrimental to health   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tobacco has had a deleterious effect on the youth of this country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Patients with cystic fibrosis have a high risk for GER and gastric aspiration, he added, "and this seems to be associated with more cough and poorer lung function, which suggests a deleterious role of reflux on cystic fibrosis lung disease." abcNEWS, Reflex May Trigger Cough in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, By David Douglas, August 13, 2008   disapprobation [ dis-ap-ruh'-BEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. condemnation 2. moral disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Disapprobation is the favourite weapon of the morally righteous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Union government's disapprobation comes at a time when another child athlete Akash Mandal fainted after running 68 km in Mumbai on Sunday. The Times of India, Centre against under-16 running long distances, by Sandeep Mishra, 27 Sep 2006   felon [ FEL-uh'n  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who has committed a grave crime or felony 2. (n.) (archaic) a villain 3. (adj.) evil, wicked or cruel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a man-hunt organised to arrest the felon who had escaped from prison.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nationwide, four million former felons cannot take part in the election. BBC, The sound and the fury, 31 October 2000   converge [ kuh'n-VURJ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause to come together or meet 2. (intr. v.) to go toward or approach an intersecting point 3. (intr. v.) to meet at a point or come together from different directions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The three main streets of the little town converged at the market place.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Seven Dials is a small but well-known road junction in the West End of London near Covent Garden where seven streets converge. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Seven Dials, 25 November 2009.   largess [ lahr-JES, LAHR-jis  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. generosity of spirit 2. a liberal of generous bestowal of gifts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her largess in instituting a scholarship for needy students was applauded by the faculty.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many people feel curiously uncomfortable if they're not slightly in the red, as if they haven't fully availed themselves of the bank's largess. The Telegraph, The latest Northern Rock investment hotspot, Rowan Pelling, 6 February 2008.   Spelled Pronunciation Key Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper [NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ] CONSONANTS [b] boy, baby, rob [d] do, ladder, bed [f] food, offer, safe [g] get, bigger, dog [h] happy, ahead [j] jump, budget, age [k] can, speaker, stick [l] let, follow, still [m] make, summer, time [n] no, dinner, thin [ng] singer, think, long [p] put, apple, cup [r] run, marry, far, store [s] sit, city, passing, face [sh] she, station, push [t] top, better, cat [ch] church, watching, nature, witch [th] thirsty, nothing, math [th'] this, mother, breathe [v] very, seven, love [w] wear, away [hw] where, somewhat [y] yes, onion [z] zoo, easy, buzz [zh] measure, television, beige   VOWELS [a] apple, can, hat [ey] aid, hate, day [ah] arm, father, aha [air] air, careful, wear [aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw [e] ever, head, get [ee] eat, see, need [eer] ear, hero, beer [er] teacher, afterward, murderer [i] it, big, finishes [ahy] I, ice, hide, deny [o] odd, hot, woffle [oh] owe, road, below [oo] ooze, food, soup, sue [oo'] good, book, put [oi] oil, choice, toy [ou] out, loud, how [uh] up, mother, mud [uh'] about, animal, problem, circus [ur] early, bird, stirring   FOREIGN SOUNDS [a*] Fr. ami [kh*] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich [œ] Fr. feu, Ger. schön [r*] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe [uh*] Fr. oeuvre [y*] Fr. tu, Ger. über   SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS [an*] Fr. bien [ahn*] Fr. croissant [awn*] Fr. bon [œn*] Fr. parfum [in*] Port. 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