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	14-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists peccadillo [ pek-uh'-DIL-oh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an insignificant or trivial sin, flaw or mistake   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is unfortunate that Bill Clinton will always be remembered for his peccadilloes rather than his sterling leadership that helped in turning around the moribund American economy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Part of the problem now is that people seem to be more aware of his peccadilloes than any actions that he has taken to make the city better since he was elected. Los Angels Times, Villaraigosa affair may not be one to remember, By Steve Hymon and Duke Helfand, July 7, 2007   marmoset [ MAHR-muh'-zet, -set ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a monkey belonging to the family Callithricidae, native to Central and South America, with clawed digits, soft furry hair and long tails   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some marmoset species are endangered and hunting them is banned throughout Central and South America.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite the alarm the fist-sized marmoset was well-behaved and snuggled up in the man's arms during the flight from Lima, Peru, to New York. Mirror, Why a jet went ape, 9 August 2007   liturgy [ LIT-er-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the prescribed set forms of rituals for public religious worship   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elaborate liturgy in Hindu festivals can be intimidating if one is not accustomed to them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   My attitude toward liturgy is "Just give me my lines and my blocking." Chronicles Magazine, Some Thoughts on Motu Proprio Mania, by Mark Shea   pariah [ puh'-RAHY-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a member belonging to a low caste; an untouchable 2. a social outcast   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His philandering ways turned him into a pariah.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pariahs of one age—programme-trading, short-selling, junk bonds—are usually reborn in respectable garb in the next. Economist, The regulators are coming, Mar 27th 2008   exhume [ ig-ZOOM, -ZYOOM, eks-HYOOM ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to dig or recover from a grave 2. to restore from obscurity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The body was exhumed so that another post mortem could take place.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Today, Spencer Wells says, "Phoenicians have become ghosts, a vanished civilization." Now he and Zalloua hope to use a different alphabet, the molecular letters of DNA, to exhume these ghosts. National Geographic, Who are the Phoenicians?, Rick Gore   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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