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	17-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vie [ vahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to compete or struggle for supremacy 2. (intr.v.) to strive for victory or compete   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She vied for the position for six years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Several Germans will vie to set a record for the Most Juice Extracted from Grapes by Treading. CNN, Thousands pursue wacky world records, November 13, 2008   voluminous [ vuh'-LOO-muh'-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bulky or having a large size or volume 2. ample, sufficient or full 3. winding or having a large number of coils 4. lengthy or filling a large volume or a large number of volumes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The voluminous fold of her skirt dragged behind her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Giggling, he helps me fold and pin my voluminous headscarf under it. BBC, Southern Iraq diary: Basra, 17 March, 2004   derivative [ di-RIV-uh'-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one that has been derived from something else 2. (adj.) not original, copied or secondary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The derivative did not possess any properties of the original substance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Milan is losing money on the derivatives contract it took out with the banks, which allowed it to swap a fixed rate of interest on the bonds for a variable rate. Telegraph, Italian bond scandal could ensnare banks, By Katherine Griffiths, Financial Services Editor, 05 Jan 2009   dissimulate [ di-SIM-yuh'-leyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to conceal, disguise or hide one's true motives or feelings by using a false appearance 2. (intr.v.) to dissemble or conceal one's true motives by means of a pretence or disguise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He dissimulated information because he was working undercover.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those who know not how to dissimulate, know not how to rule. Telegraph, We are all liars and behave worse in private than we pretend in public, By Adam Nicolson, 28 Feb 2004   mulct [ muhlkt ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) penalty or fine 2. (tr.v.) to punish or penalize by means of a fine 3. (tr.v.) to swindle or extract or obtain money by trickery or fraudulent means   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A mulct was levied on travellers carrying alcohol.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It would certainly be ungenerous to mulct the Queen for the cost. Telegraph, Victoria was not amused over paying Jubilee bill, By Michael Smith, 26 Jul 2001   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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