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	06-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists onerous [ ON-er-uh' s, OH-ner- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. arduous, burdensome or oppressive 2. legal obligations overshadowing advantages   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He found the onerous duties of being a Prime Minister too taxing and was secretly relieved when his party lost the parliamentary elections.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are talking about a standard verification package. This is not onerous; this is not unusual in terms of trying to verify activities that may have taken place. CNN, U.S. envoy to travel to N. Korea for nuclear talks, From Charley Keyes, September 29, 2008   sardonic [ sahr-DON-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   cynical, mocking, scornful or sarcastic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He regarded her with a sardonic expression on his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the composer's current worldwide champion, he was undaunted by the music's contradictions, whereby bitter and sweet, icy and graceful, harsh and witty, big and small, romantic and unromantic, sardonic and sentimental, delicate and bludgeoning are qualities that go together. The Herald, London Symphony Orchestra, Usher Hall, CONRAD WILSON, August 18 2008   seraphic [ si-RAF-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pure or angelic 2. of or pertaining to an angel or seraph   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her seraphic appearance fooled everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In response I gave a smile of seraphic serenity. The Times of India, Desibel power, JUGULAR VEIN/JUG SURAIYA, 18 Apr 2004   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   epicure [ EP-i-kyoo' r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a connoisseur of food and wine 2. one who enjoys sensual pleasure and living   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   London is an epicure's delight with restaurants serving varied cuisine from all over the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Proof that Montreal is an epicure's dream: Les Touilleurs (152 Ave. Laurier Ouest; 514/278-0008) in Mile End, where marble counters are piled with cooking implements, including Quebecer Tom Littledeer's maple spoons and spatulas. CNN, Montreal's moment, By Amy Farley, September 6, 2007   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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