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	10-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pernicious [ per-NISH-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. injurious, harmful or destructive 2. (archaic) evil, malicious or wicked 3. deadly or fatal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pernicious Tuberculosis virus is making a comeback and precautions have to be taken by the people against contracting this deadly disease.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Apparently, Frum is unaware that TR declared, "Thank God I am not a free trader. Pernicious indulgence in the doctrine of free trade seems inevitably to produce fatty degeneration of the moral fibre." Chronicles magzine, David Frum Blames America First, by Tom Piatak   aria [ Ahr-ee-uh', Air-ee-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a melody, air, tune, oratorio or a cantata 2. a striking melody that is sung solo with accompaniment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is an expert at singing arias often haunting in nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A great, distant ship's horn, like a one-note aria. National Geographic, Online Extra, by Kevin Krajick, September 2003   cloture [ KLOH-cher ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a procedure of the parliament in which the debate over an ongoing matter is closed and the matter is subjected to an immediate vote 2. (tr.v.) to apply cloture to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since consensus was unlikely despite an extended debate, a motion for cloture was adopted after a majority vote was obtained.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With 60 votes, a united Democratic Party can obtain cloture and end attempted Republican filibusters. CNN, Commentary: Democrats should act now, Julian E. Zelizer, 6 July 2009   prepossessing [ pree-puh'-ZES-ing ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) serving to impress favourably 2. (adj.) pleasing or attractive 3. (tr. v.) to preoccupy the mind blocking out other thoughts or feelings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The girls flocked around because of his prepossessing personality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the far side of the room was a much younger man, not a prepossessing type, more like a bespectacled bullfrog. BBC, Social lion and remarkable architect, 10 November 2003.   cacophonous [ kuh'-KOF-uh'-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having a harsh or discordant sound 2. having a strident or dissonant sound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He asked his mother how she expected him to study in the cacophonous setting where his little brother was screaming for attention and grandpa was watching the television with the volume turned up to the maximum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Away from the hustle and bustle of Delhi's dusty streets, where rickshaws, crammed buses and the occasional elephant usually set the tone for a cacophonous commuting experience, there is an air-conditioned haven that is the pride of local residents: The Delhi Metro. CNN, India's pollution solution, 8 April 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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