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	27-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ingratiate [ in-GREY-shee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to curry favour by pleasing or flattering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wealthy businessman made many attempts to ingratiate himself to the political structure of the country in order to further his business interests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To the best that one can figure out, he seems to have only used his power to further ingratiate himself to the political power structure in the country. The Times of India, LEADER ARTICLE: Cast In Our Likeness, Harsh V Pant, 21 May 2008   docket [ DOK-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a brief written summary of the contents of a document 2. the book containing entries of the court proceedings of a legal case 3. a calendar of things to be done; an agenda   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Well prepared dockets help reduce the hassles frequently associated with legal proceedings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told Reuters news agency, "I understand the dockets are ready so the case should proceed any time". BBC, Police defend Zimbabwe travel ban, 19 March 2007   junta [ HOO' N-tuh', JUHN , HUHN  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a council, committee or assembly for governmental purposes 2. a group of military officers that rule a country after seizing control and power 3. a junto   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Henchmen of the junta were sent to eliminate members of the opposition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The ruling junta has also stepped up a campaign to evict the homeless from aid shelters. The Herald, Junta forces cyclone survivors to work for aid, 27 July 2009   bowdlerize [ BOHD-luh'-rahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to expurgate by removing passages or parts of passages considered objectionable 2. derived from Thomas Bowdler English editor of an expurgated version of Shakespeare's works; British spelling: bowdlerise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The editor of the magazine had the article bowdlerised because of the lurid descriptions that it contained.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Of course it's to do with the church, but it's so bowdlerised, it's such a cliche of the "evil church," that it just didn't seem relevant really. BBC, Compass points: Catholic and atheist, 6 December 2007.   impel [ im-PEL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to propel, drive forward or impart motion to 2. to press on or cause to move onward 3. to incite or urge to action by the use of moral pressure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felt impelled to put an end to the gossip before an innocent person got maligned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Extra border patrols at sea may turn some of them away, but as long as conflict, poverty and, possibly, climate change impel them to move, the migrant flows will continue. BBC, Malta struggles with migrants, Alix Kroeger, 9 July 2007.   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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