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	20-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tutelary [ TOOT-l-er-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) holding the position of being the guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing 2. (adj.) pertaining to a guardian or protector 3. (n.) the person who serves as a guardian 4. (n.) one who has protective powers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the Harry Potter series, Harry learned loads of new powerful magical spells under Dumbledore's watchful, tutelary eye.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They were not offering a tutelary lesson in morals or inviting their viewers to a perception of transcendence. BBC, The Wordsworths and the Cult of Nature, Pamela Woof, 5 Nov 2009.   culprit [ KUHL-prit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an agent guilty of or responsible for an offense 2. a person charged with an offense or crime 3. a person guilty of a crime   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The culprit was identified by the witness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite insisting that no one should jump to any conclusions about what happened, each of the main companies involved could not resist adding, "Uh, but in the meantime…you know, those OTHER guys are probably the real culprits here." CNN, Dear President Obama #478 "Slippery as oil", Tom Foreman, 12 May 2010.   scoff [ skawf, skof ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) gibe or an instance or object of scorn or mockery 2. (tr.v.) to mock, jeer or express scorn 3. (intr.v.) to display contempt by ridiculing or jeering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She scoffed at his attempt to explain why he was late.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many scholars scoff at Brown's appeals to scholarship, arguing that the bloodline theory has been around for centuries and thoroughly discredited as a fraud. National Geographic, ""Da Vinci Code"" Spurs Debate -- Who Was Mary Magdalene?, Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News, May 17, 2006   inordinate [ in-AWR-dn-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disorderly, unregulated, chaotic or uncontrolled 2. excessive, immoderate or lacking restraint   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inordinate amount of time spent on the project caused unnecessary delays.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Following an inordinate delay waiting for my online account to be opened, I finally visited a branch to open my account in person. Telegraph, Jessica shakes up 'casual' NatWest, By Jessica Gorst-Williams, 24 Jan 2009   drab [ drab ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cheerless or lacking in spirit 2. (adj.) dull or lacking brightness 3. (adj.) having a dreary or dull character 4. (n.) greyish or brownish in colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The drab room, he lived in, made him grumpy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is in the 12th District and is no more than an alleyway overhung by drab buildings. BBC, Openings and Endgame, Richard Cutler, 11 May 2010.   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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