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	12-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists propinquity [ proh-PING-kwi-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a blood relationship or kinship 2. similarity 3. proximity or closeness in terms of time or space   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Children are discouraged to have propinquity with strangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His major point, which I'm distorting a little here by casting his model into an electoral framework, is that social norms, often a result of nothing more than propinquity, make it unnecessary to think much — about what to wear, which side of the road to drive on, when to eat, etc. abc News, Why People Vote Like Their Neighbors, By JOHN ALLEN PAULOS, Aug. 1, 2004   fester [ FES-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to suppurate, ulcerate or generate pus 2. (intr.v.) to decay, rot or putrefy 3. (tr.v.) to rankle or embitter 4. (n.) pustule, sore or ulcer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wound had festered and had to be cleaned and bandaged.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One hundred years of conflict between Arabs and Jews has produced deep wounds that cannot be left to fester any longer, because the fever they produce can infect all of us. BBC, Bowen diary: Obama's challenge, 21 January 2009   junket [ JUHNG-kit ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a custard-like dessert that's made of sweetened flavoured milk that has been set using rennet 2. (n.) a party, picnic, trip or outing 3. (intr.v.) to go on a junket 4. (tr.v.) to fete, feast or party   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children at the orphanage would get junket for dessert only on Sunday.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Critics question whether U.S. taxpayers are bankrolling a campaign junket. CNN, McCain arrives in Baghdad with fellow senators, 16 March 2008   moratorium [ mawr-uh'-TWAR-ee-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an authorization to a debtor permitting the temporary delay or suspension of payments 2. a period of delay agreed to by parties who are in the process of negotiating 3. a suspension of the ongoing performance of an obligation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The finance minister sought a moratorium from the World Bank so that the money could be diverted and spent on disaster management instead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They say the current moratorium, which does not apply to East Jerusalem or 3000 homes already under construction, is insufficient. The Telegraph, Israel draws up plans to demolish settlements, Rob Crilly, 20 December 2009.   beguile [ bih-GAHYL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to deceive by trickery or influence by flattery 2. to take away from by deceiving or cheating 3. to charm, divert or distract 4. to amuse or delight 5. to pass time in a pleasant manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old couple were beguiled of their savings by the sweet talking fund manager.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile. BBC, Punt PI, 2 Oct 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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