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	07-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists interloper [ in-ter-LOHP, IN-ter-lohp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who meddles, trespasses or intrudes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The interloper's questions during the company's conference call were not answered by the company's CEO.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Germany took the upper hand in the occupation of Ukrainian territory, and had no wish for a Habsburg interloper as ruler there. Telegraph, Dead dreams of kingship, Noel Malcolm reviews The Red Prince by Timothy Snyder, 27/06/2008   besmirch [ bi-SMURCH ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to dirty, soil or tarnish 2. to dishonour, stain or sully   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His favourite tactics are to besmirch the name of his adversary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Apart from the Algerian fans, there has been little trouble to besmirch the organizers' reputations -- save for the wrong national anthem being played twice, to the annoyance of Zimbabwe and Nigeria. CNN, Tunisia goes cup final crazy, by Graham Jones, February 13, 2004   contemn [ kuh' n-TEM ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to despise, scorn or treat with contempt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire congregation would contemn the individual who spread malicious rumours.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nor is this very surprising; for Kipling was wonderfully easy to contemn. Telegraph, Genius of the fourth form, 18 September 1999   compilation [ kom-puh'-LEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of sorting or assembling 2. a collection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was an excellent compilation of children's bed time stories.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This cookbook app is exactly what it sounds like -- a compilation of a few dozen classic holiday recipes. CNN, Apps of the week: Celebrate the holidays with your smartphone, John D. Sutter, 16 December 2009.   tiller [ TIL-er ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a cultivator, farmer or person who tills 2. (n.) a sapling or plant shoot 3.(intr. v.) to put forth new shoots   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He told them that he was a tiller of the soil and not a shepherd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conservatory erectors, tillers and tree surgeons keep their customers waiting for 25 minutes while workmen due to fix security systems and gardeners arrive after 26 minutes. The Telegraph, Brits 'spend two weeks of their life waiting for tradesmen', 15 February 2010.   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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