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	14-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists privation [ prahy-VEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. deprivation or lack of certain necessities a deed, consequence or state of lack or deprivation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His life was filled with hardship and privation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Not the old fear of privation but a sense that the future is limited only by Icelanders' belief in themselves and their willingness to reawaken that primeval Viking spirit idling restlessly behind their seeming impassivity. National Geographic, Power Struggle, By Marguerite Del Giudice   wallow [ WOL-oh ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to indulge or luxuriate 2. (intr.v.) to relax or laze about by rolling or lying in mud or water 3. (intr.v.) to billow forth or surge up 4. (n.) an act or example of wallowing 5. (n.) a condition or state of degeneracy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She wallowed and cried her eyes out in self pity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While India continued to wallow in the misery of a lone silver medal, it was euphoria for China as it celebrated its best performance at the Olympics. The Times of India, China rears sporting head, August 24, 2004   versatile [ VUR-suh-tahyl or, especially Amr., -tl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. capable of changing, adapting or multi-tasking 2. reversible or capable of turning backwards and forwards 3. serving a number of varied functions and uses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her versatile songs were very well known.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Water is nature's most versatile tool. National Geographic, Erosion and Weathering   timorous [ TIM-er-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   timid, fearful or apprehensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The timorous little boy grew up to be a brave soldier.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   British Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved on Monday to stamp out the biggest threat yet to his 15-month-old premiership, sacking a Labour official who accused him of "timorous" political maneuvering. abcNews, UK's Brown Tries to Stamp out Revolt, By Frank Prenesti, September 15, 2008   propinquity [ proh-PING-kwi-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a blood relationship or kinship 2. similarity 3. proximity or closeness in terms of time or space   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Children are discouraged to have propinquity with strangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His major point, which I'm distorting a little here by casting his model into an electoral framework, is that social norms, often a result of nothing more than propinquity, make it unnecessary to think much — about what to wear, which side of the road to drive on, when to eat, etc. abc News, Why People Vote Like Their Neighbors, By JOHN ALLEN PAULOS, Aug. 1, 2004   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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