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	06-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists integrity [ in-TEG-ri-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. uprightness, honesty or incorruptibility 2. soundness or an unimpaired state 3. wholeness, completeness or a state of being undivided   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He quit the job because his integrity was called into question.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I assure you that I stand on my record of complete integrity and disclosure and will fight these allegations," the Republican said. abcNews, Phoenix-Area Politician Accused of Nondisclosure, By MARK CARLSON Associated Press writer, December 2, 2008   transient [ TRAN-shuh'nt, -zhuh'nt, -zee-uh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) transitory, temporary or not everlasting 2. (adj.) in existence for only a brief period of time 3. (n.) one that is temporary or transient in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His doctor said that this was a transient phase in his life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The only side-effect that has been noted so far is a transient fever that can be treated with over-the-counter medicines. The Economist, Golden slingshot, Nov 6th 2008   circumspect [ SUR-kuh'm-spekt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cautious or watchful and discreet 2. (adj.) mindful of the circumstances and consequences 3. (adj.) prudent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The confident trickster had never been caught because of his circumspect behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defense Secretary Robert Gates praises former President Reagan for being "circumspect" about putting American troops at risk. CNN, Gates on Regan foreign policy, 11 November 2009.   servitude [ SUR-vi-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the condition of being enslaved; bondage or a lack of personal freedom to do as one pleases 2. enforced labour as a punishment for criminals 3. the right to use someone's property   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer pleaded with the judge to assign the accused six months of community service instead of penal servitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He spoke about young girls trying to escape early marriage and domestic servitude. CNN, Idol giveth back, and Idol taketh away, 22 April 2010.   marauder [ muh'-RAWD ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who moves about to raid or plunder goods   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The marauder moved from village to village plundering anything that he thought was remotely valuable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1755-9), forest franchises meant "the absolute impossibility of rendering any law, authorising a marauder to enter the property of another man, under pretence of killing game, compatible with the sacred security of property" on which prosperity and liberty depended. University of Oxford, Seeint the Forests for the trees   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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