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	14-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists incontrovertible [ in-kon-truh'-VUR-tuh'-buh' l, in-kon- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   indisputable, indubitable or authentic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The incontrovertible evidence gave the judge no choice but to convict the accused.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he has seen evidence of an "incontrovertible link" between Osama Bin Laden and the US terror attacks. BBC, Blair certain of Bin Laden guilt, 30 September, 2001   bard [ bahrd ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a celtic poet who played the lyre or harp while reciting poems 2. (n.) a poet 3. (n.) a piece of armour that is placed on the back of a horse 4. (tr.v.) to place bards on a horse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A bard was called forth to entertain the assembled guests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bards are at once entertainers, philosophers, and historians. National Geographic, Central Asian Bardic Music   unearth [ uhn-URTH  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to dig up out of the earth 2. to uncover or bring to public notice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Fossils of some prehistoric creature were unearthed at the excavation site.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Has the Clinton opposition research team dug into Obama's past and unearthed these scandalous matters the nation does not know? Chronicles Magazine, Hardball or Dirt Ball? Patrick J. Buchanan, 17 December 2007, 30 July 2009   dominant [ DOM-uh'-nuh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) controlling or having authority 2. (adj.) occupying or having an elevated or commanding position 3. (adj.) major or chief 4. (n.) fifth tone of a diatonic scale 5. (n.) a governing trait   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He wielded a lot of influence as he enjoyed a dominant position in the municipal corporation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   News Corporation's James Murdoch has said that a ""dominant"" BBC threatens independent journalism in the UK. BBC, Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC, 29 August 2009.   testator [ TES-tey-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who makes a will 2. anyone who has died leaving a valid will   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The testator took every precaution to make a valid will so that it could not be contested after his death.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The High Court in London upheld the Will, which was being challenged, on the basis that a mild form of dementia did not necessarily mean that the testator did not understand the implications of making the Will. BBC, How you can challenge a Will, Sharon Kenchington, 30 July 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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