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	07-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mete [ meet ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dole out, apportion or distribute 2. (tr.v.) (archaic) to measure 3. (n.) boundary, edge or limit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Punishment should be meted out at the earliest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treasury's spending data could monitor government spending and mete out acute political embarrassment if a government was living beyond its means. Telegraph, Fiscal checks on government could be a vote winner, 27 Feb 2009   minutiae [ mi-NOO-shee-uh', -shuh', -NYOO- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   trivial, minute, minor or unnecessary details   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new policies were concerned about the minutiae of every employee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The BBC declined to comment on Stourton's version of events, saying it would not be "discussing the minutiae" of the situation. BBC, Stourton 'devastated' by removal, 15 December 2008   mountebank [ MOUN-tuh'-bangk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who, in a public place or from a platform, tells audiences stories and tricks them into buying quack medicines from himself or herself 2. (n.) a charlatan, boastful pretender or quack 3. (intr.v.) to operate, behave or act like a charlatan or mountebank   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mountebank was arrested by the police on charges of selling drugs without prescriptions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that this prince of mountebanks was also a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. Telegraph, John Brinkley, the goat-gland quack, Mike Dash, 16 Apr 2008   inordinate [ in-AWR-dn-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disorderly, unregulated, chaotic or uncontrolled 2. excessive, immoderate or lacking restraint   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inordinate amount of time spent on the project caused unnecessary delays.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Following an inordinate delay waiting for my online account to be opened, I finally visited a branch to open my account in person. Telegraph, Jessica shakes up 'casual' NatWest, By Jessica Gorst-Williams, 24 Jan 2009   miscegenation [ mi-sej-uh'-NEY-shuh' n, mis-i-juh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. marriage or interbreeding between a man and a woman who belong to different races 2. hybridization or mixture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Miscegenation was discouraged in olden times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Simply because miscegenation ends up confusing not only flavours, it tends to negate the beneficial properties of systematically evolved regional food habits. The Times of India, COUNTERVIEW regional food loses its efficacy, 18 Sep 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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