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	02-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists incriminate [ in-KRIM-uh'-neyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to accuse of, charge with or provide proof for the commitment of a crime 2. to implicate or cause to look guilty of a crime   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incriminated on charges of treason.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was sent to Dunkirk in the hope he might incriminate himself and others but that plan failed and he was later jailed. BBC, British sent fascist to frontline, 3 March 2009   incubus [ IN-kyuh'-buh' s, ING- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (medieval times) a fabled demon who was believed to descend upon women and have sexual intercourse with them while they slept 2. a nightmare 3. a worry or burden that is oppressive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Incubus and Succubus are just two of the many demons in mythology.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The only justification for the removal of Margaret Thatcher by her colleagues was that, wedded to the incubus of the poll tax, it seemed inevitable that she would lose the forthcoming general election. Telegraph, An instinctive softliner, by Douglas Hurd, 08 Oct 2003   infidel [ IN-fi-dl, -del ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a non-believer in a particular faith or religion 2. (n.) an atheist or one devoid of religious beliefs 3. (n.) a sceptic or non-believer of a theory or belief 4. (adj.) unbelieving or not accepting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their treatment of those they considered infidels was abhorrent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bombings targeted the Yazidi sect, which Muslim extremists have denounced as infidel. BBC, Minority targeted in Iraq bombings, Roger Hardy, 15 August 2007   insensate [ in-SEN-seyt, -sit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. inanimate, unaware or devoid of sensation 2. brutal, cruel, indifferent or cold 3. foolish, irrational, stupid or lacking judgement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His behaviour pointed towards an insensate nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Getting the local economy going is a good thing, but you've got to be pretty insensate not to pick up on the uneasiness of it all. Economist, The island and the outside world, Feb 12th 2009   limn [ lim ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to represent or depict by means of a drawing or painting 2. to describe 3. to delineate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The walls of the caves are limned with scenes from everyday life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Years later, they may be limned with golden recollections, but not so during the dark present. CNN, On the literary campaign trail, August 31, 2000, By Todd Leopold   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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