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	30-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists slovenly [ SLUHV-uh' n-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) untidy, unkempt or bedraggled 2. (adj.) characteristic of or pertaining to a sloven or slipshod 3. (adv.) in a manner that reflects untidiness or shabbiness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost his job because of his slovenly dressing style.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Behind his slovenly, shambling flabbiness, he packs a vicious left hook. Chronicles Magazine, I Love My Mother, Sicko   humus [ HYOO-muh' s or, often, YOO- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an organic part of soil that is black or brown in colour, formed by the decaying of plant and animal matter and adds to the soil's fertility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Humus is often added to soil to increase the productivity of the crop.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Inside the units, worms munch kitchen scraps into rich, soil- like humus and help reduce the amount of waste reaching landfills. National Geographic, Worm Bins Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Compost, Brian Handwerk, September 13, 2004   valorous [ VAL-er-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   brave, courageous or valiant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their valorous defence ultimately came to an end with the demise of their leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An attack on the valorous service of a fellow American is wrong. CNN, Political drama unfolds as letter carriers fail to deliver, 26 August 2005   pulverize [ PUHL-vuh'-rahyz ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pound or grind to a powder 2. (tr. v.) to crush completely or demolish 3. (intr. v.) to be pounded or ground to a powder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   At the factory, bottles and scrap glass pieces were pulverized and used to make emery paper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With first-floor galleries open to the sky, the museum contains little besides crates of pulverized objects. BBC, Afghanistan: At the Crossroads of Ancient Civilisations By Dan Cruickshank, 19 January 2010.   perquisite [ PUR-kwuh'-zit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a benefit, privilege or incidental payment 2. a payment or benefit over and above regular salary 3. a demand or something due as a particular privilege   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that the salary he received from the company was not so high but the perquisites were generous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For a liberal Virginian to win a Southern red state signaled that cherished Republican majorities in both House and Senate, plus all the perquisites they entail, could be lost in 2006. CNN, The impact of Virginia, 10 November 2005.   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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