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	05-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists deride [ di-RAHYD ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to ridicule and make fun of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although many people tried to deride his ambitions, Ambani succeeded in building one of the largest business empires in the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There are some people who might try to deride this trip as a photo opportunity,' Perino said. The Times of India, Bush's secret trip to Iraq was 5-6 weeks in the planning, 4 Sep 2007, AP   parlous [ PAHR-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   risky, dangerous or perilous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parlous state of affairs in Africa calls for the urgent intervention of rich nations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many more are simply not Britain's fault; we are not to blame for the parlous economic state of many Islamic countries. CNN, British press fears wave of terrorism, July 1, 2007   rapacious [ ruh'-PEY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely greedy; ravenous 2. given to pillaging; predatory 3. to live or subsist on live prey   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rapacious city builders are lobbying with the government to amend the Urban Land ceiling act so that more land can be made available for constructing commercial buildings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is variously described by associates and acquaintances as autocratic, devious, dishonest, rapacious, egotistical, power mad, paranoid, a bully and a boor, a 1977 Time magazine article said. Washington Post, Clay S. Felker, 82; Influential Editor of New York Magazine, Matt Schudel, July 2, 2008   quagmire [ KWAG-mahyuh*r, KWOG- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a difficult or precarious situation from which it is difficult to escape 2. a soft boggy or marshy area that sinks or yields when treaded upon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the pre-liberalization era, the licence raj regime of the Indian government was a veritable quagmire of rules and regulations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The rights-holding broadcasters generally lauded the organizers' preparations, but worried about being stuck in a quagmire of security requirements. USA Today, AP: TV execs clashing with Chinese over Olympics coverage   covet [ KUHV-it ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to desire keenly 2. to long for something that belongs to someone else   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Advertisers covet the arrival of a new celebrity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Such credibility and accuracy is vital to cultivate the viewer's trust and elicit the emotional response filmmakers covet. Reader's Digest, Hollywood Goes to War, From smart bombs to terrorist plots, fiction gets eerily factual., By Robert F. Howe   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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