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	06-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists superannuated [ soo-per-AN-yoo-ey-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. too old to continue service; retired 2. outdated, obsolete or old-fashioned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The series was discontinued because the company deemed the product superannuated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Council unanimously rejected the UGC's proposal for grant of selective reemployment to superannuated teachers from 65 to 70 years. Hindustan Times, Revised courses spell relief for students, Swaha Sahoo,July 14, 2008   verisimilitude [ ver-uh'-si-MIL-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality that makes one appear to be true or plausible 2. one that seems or appears to be plausible or true   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His open nature, along with his verisimilitude, made people believe in him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was a man whose films known for social verisimilitude and known for their social conscience. BBC, Will Kazan's films outlive the controversy?, By Stephen Dowling, 29 September, 2003   appraise [ uh'-PREYZ  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to evaluate or estimate the worth or value of 2. to estimate or judge the quality or nature of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He appraised the situation before submitting the report.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   SPACE.com asked prominent leaders in various space fields to appraise Bigelow's down payment on the future. CNN, Bigelow gambles on private space station, By Leonard David, July 26, 2006   benison [ Ben-uh'-zuh' n, -suh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a blessing or benediction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He considered everything that happened to him as a benison.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   First of all, the sheer absence of oppressive heat is a benison. The Times of India, Thanda funda, Jug Suraiya, 31 December, 2006   eulogistic [ yoo-luh'-JIS-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. laudatory 2. pertaining to high praise 3. praise worthy or commendable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mayor delivered a eulogistic speech to welcome the soldiers who had returned home after the Vietnam war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result is that on most nights, the main news topic is a eulogistic account of Putin's latest activities, whether that be posing semi-naked on a fishing expedition or travelling to Teheran to lecture the Americans on the futility of launching military action against Iran. The Telegraph, Darkness is falling in Vladimir Putin's Russia, Con Coughlin, 3 November 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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