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	26-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists supplant [ suh'-PLANT, -PLAHNT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to supersede or usurp one's place by trickery or plotting 2. to uproot, displace or substitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The general tried to supplant the king by planning a military coup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   David Miliband, the man who is thought to want to supplant Gordon Brown at 10, Downing Street, leaves the Labour Party conference as damaged goods, largely caused by self-inflicted wounds. The Herald, Labour analysis: Miliband suffers setback   lupine [ LOO-pin ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) savage or predatory 2. (adj.) pertaining to characteristic of a wolf 3. (n.) any of the different types of plants that belong to the genus lupinus, of the pea family that bears edible seeds, or white, pink or blue flowers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lupine features, prominently seen in the various portraits of his ancestors, were not reflected in his portrait.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is 62 and still looks as he has always looked - tall, lean and lupine with his floppy, side-parted hair still (suspiciously?) dark. Telegraph, Bryan Ferry: 'I don't want to be controversial', Nigel Farndale, 16 Apr 2008   luculent [  LOO-kyoo'-luh'-nt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. plain and understandable 2. persuasive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His luculent oratory skills were appreciated by one and all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Theodoric is one of the most luculent testimonies for that blending of fact and fancy in strictly historical times which people find it so difficult to believe, but which offers the key, and the only true key, for many of the most perplexing problems, both of history and of mythology. Northvegr Foundation, The Roman and the Teuton, Charles Kingsley   discerning [ di-SUR-ning ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. showing outstanding judgment ability 2. displaying ability to recognize as distinct or different 3. good understanding skill   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The principal had a way of discerning which students were not telling the truth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The SNI approach proved 90% accurate in discerning which subjects had post-traumatic stress disorder. BBC, Magnetic activity in brain 'diagnoses stress disorder', Jason Palmer, 21 January 2010.   spangle [ SPANG-guh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small circular piece of glittering metal or other material 2. (n.) any small, bright drop, spot, or the like 3. (tr. v.) to stud or sprinkle with small, bright pieces 4. (intr. v.) to sparkle or glitter like decorative spots   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The room looked bright due to the sparkle and spangle of her evening gown.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was uncharacteristically dressed down in jeans and hooded top with just a hint of spangle. BBC, Erasure at the Lowry – 7/10, 16 April 2006.   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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