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	04-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists expostulate [ ik-SPOS-chuh'-leyt  ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   to remonstrate, object or earnestly reason out with someone in order to dissuade   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She spent the night expostulating the fact that drag racing was a dangerous sport.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The property scout expostulated that he couldn't just land uninvited in someone's garden Telegraph, Dance floors, Susan Ryan, 30 October 2007   wangle [ WANG-guh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to obtain by skilfulness 2. (tr. v.) to manipulate 3. (tr. v.) to get out of a difficulty 4. (intr. v.) to use indirect or tricky means 5. (n.) the act of obtaining by trickery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She wangled the job as lobby manager by falsifying her resume.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, Jiang has already wangled a pledge out of his colleagues -- including heir-apparent Hu -- that he will remain the CCP's "leadership core" after the 16th Congress. CNN, China waits for 'real reform' to blossom, Willy Wo-Lap Lam, 8 October 2002.   prelate [ PREL-it  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a church dignitary of a high order or a high priest 2. an ecclesiastical dignitary or clergyman of high rank   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A prelate was sent to offer guidance to the seminarians on matters of theology.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the prelate believed that Filipinos should not lose hope this New Year; they should instead take inspiration from ordinary people and their extraordinary acts of courage: "Our country has had its heroes coming from the ordinary citizenry, who held no political power to influence, but brought honor to our country through their personal charisma and talents." CNN, Despite disasters, Filipinos upbeat, survey shows, Steven Lunt, 7 February 2010.   munificent [ myoo-NIF-uh'-suh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. very generous; liberal in giving 2. marked by generosity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The munificent bequest made by the industrialist was lauded by the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The recently-established Chair in Indian History and Culture, funded by a munificent benefaction from the Government of India, is helping to make Indian Studies ever more central to the University's academic mission. University of Oxford, Oxford University establishes formal links with Hindu Centre, 26 June 2006   defray [ di-FREY ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to pay, take care of or bear all the expenses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He defrayed the hospital costs in spite of having limited funds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Today, several middle-class Punekars staying in joint families are taking the opportunity to purchase a house for the future and leasing them out to partially defray the home loan equated monthly instalments (EMIs). The Times of India, Reap rich returns, 29 Jan 2005   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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