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	15-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prolix [ proh-LIKS, PROH-liks ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. too wordy, verbose or prolonged in length by use of too many words 2. (when referring to a speech or written matter) tiresome or boring   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prolix essay was eliminated from the competition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is prolix or circumspect, dogmatic or flexible, hard-line or moderate, consistent or otherwise as the political circumstance dictates. The Times of India, BJP's Jesuit, TALKING TERMS/DILEEP PADGAONKAR, 6 Mar 2004   flail [ fleyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instrument or device that is used for threshing which contains a handle made of wood at one end and a stick that swings freely at the other 2. (tr.v.) to sing or whip freely as though with a flail 3. (tr.v.) to thresh by means of a flail 4. (intr.v.) to vigorously and erratically thrash about   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A flail is termed as a weapon and carrying it on one's person is prohibited.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was also sentenced to 28 days for possessing an offensive weapon, a flail which he swung at a police officer and criminal damage during an incident at his brother's home in Luton. BBC, Chemist struck off for 'attacks' , 14 December 2005   veracity [ vuh-RAS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. honesty or truthfulness 2. precision or accuracy 3. a fact or truth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was detested by his colleagues to such an extent that his veracity was in question every time something went missing from the office.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A move to get a police investigation into the veracity of England's chief inspector of schools has split a leading teaching union. BBC, Education Woodhead issue splits heads' union, April 26, 1999   psyche [ sahyk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to put into the right psychological frame of mind 2. (tr. v.) to intimidate or undermine the confidence of by using psychological means 3. (tr. v.) to anticipate a person's intentions 4. (intr. v.) to become mentally deranged 5. (n.) the mental or psychological make up of a person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost the game because his opponent psyched him into missing his shot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Comprising the army, air force and navy, the Israeli Defence Force, to give it its official name, has a fundamental place in the national psyche. BBC, Israel's army and national psyche, Martin Patience, 29 June 2006.   skimp [ skimp ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to deal with carelessly or hastily 2. (tr. v.) to provide with inadequate attention or to be stingy with 3. (intr. v.) to be very thrifty 4. (adj.) scanty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In his attempt to get the project completed on time, the manager skimped over some details which he thought were minor or insignificant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eating a diet that is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products and skimps on saturated fat and cholesterol can lower your blood pressure by up to 14 mm Hg. CNN, 10 ways to control high blood pressure without medication, 1 May 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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