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	26-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists myriad [ MIR-ee-uh' d ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an enormous or incalculable number 2. (n.) (archaic) ten thousand 3. (adj.) incalculable, indefinite or innumerable 4. (adj.) multifaceted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The myriad number of stars in the sky continued to twinkle brightly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Computer users have a tendency to hoard, reluctant to cull the myriad files on their machines. BBC, De-clutter that home computer: Dot.life - where technology meets life, every Monday, By Mark Ward, 7 June, 2004   determinate [ adj. di-TUR-muh'-nit; v. di-TUR-muh'-neyt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. precisely limited or with defined limits 2. conclusive, settled, final   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The determinate nature of the project made it easier for the team to achieve the milestones expected.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The law could have been made much clearer and more coherent had the Law Commission been able to propose that determinate sentences should be imposed for murder," he said. Telegraph, Homicide reforms would be 'nightmare' for juries, says top law lord, By Joshua Rozenberg, 07 Nov 2008   conjoin [ kuh' n-JOIN ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to associate, join or unite 2. (intr.v.) to come together, unite or join   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prince was conjoined in matrimony with the princess of the neighbouring kingdom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The route to each summit is carefully plotted by "sherpas" - civil servants who conjoin the concerns of the member states and turn them into a more or less coherent programme of issues for discussion. BBC, Striking right chord at G8 summit, Brian Taylor, 1 July 2005   gawk [ gawk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to gape or stare foolishly at 2. (n.) an awkward foolish person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His poor results prompted his parents to ask if did any studying in college or spent the time gawking at the pretty girls.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It appears that through his many hours waiting, being gawked at by tourists and quizzed by journalists, he has developed a certain cynicism. BBC, Camping out for the Clones, Peter Bowes, 13 May, 2002   fecundity [ fi-KUHN-di-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being fertile or fruitful 2. capacity to produce young in great numbers 3. creative power or very productive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The biggest problem for the farmers in the region is the fecundity of rabbits.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Professor Ian Craft, director of the London Fertility Clinic, said the impact of male fecundity had not been extensively researched. BBC, Men 'have a biological clock, 1 August 2000.   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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