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	26-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dissuade [ di-SWEYD ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to persuade not to perform an act 2. to deter 3. to advise against doing something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We dissuaded our friend from dropping out of college.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are also intended to dissuade Israel from launching attacks on Iran's nuclear facilitiesMy husband wants to fly over and accompany me but I dissuade him, saying that after all the upheaval the children need him more than I do. The Telegraph, Judith Woods records the physical and emotional trauma of breaking her back, 28 January 2010.   profligate [ PROF-li-git, -geyt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. utterly licentious or immoral 2. wildly extravagant or prodigal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His profligate ways landed him in prison.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With attention on energy problems worldwide, Formula One cannot afford to be profligate in its use of fuel, said Mosley, who expects general levels of spending to be cut in half "without affecting the spectacle in any way." The Washing Post, Formula One urges changes to cut costs, The Associated Press, Thursday, July 3, 2008   reciprocate [ ri-SIP-ruh'-keyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to give and take or interchange mutually or return a favour 2. (tr.v.) to change one's position by alternating back and forth 3. (intr.v.) to give back or return esp. a favour of some sort 4. (intr.v.) to move back and forth and interchange positions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He reciprocated their actions by writing them thank you notes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Civil aviation minister Praful Patel had earlier appealed to airlines to cut fares and reciprocate the measures taken by the government to help the ailing industry. The Times of India, Air India fuel surcharge to fall by Rs 400 from Dec 2, December 1, 2008   prate [ preyt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to speak or chatter excessively or babble 2. (intr.v.) to utter pointlessly or engage in useless talk 3. (n.) foolish talk, blabber or chatter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She prated on till he asked her to keep quiet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most Australians live in its cities, which renders its vast interior areas - the bush or the outback - almost uninhabited. This gives to the bush a mythic resonance; it is seen as the source of authentic value, pretty much like the Indian elite may want to prate on about Bharat. The Times of India, Can a man and woman be just friends?, 13 Jul, 2008   purblind [ PUR-blahynd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. partially blind, dim-sighted or having poor vision 2. dull, obtuse or lacking understanding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The purblind man decided to sue to seek compensation for his disability.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Financial markets have now woken up to the related ideas that, contrary to such purblind optimism, the world has not gone ex-risk and the financial system is fragile. The Times of India, THE SPEAKING TREE Eleventh & Eternal Guru Granth Sahib, Pranav Khullar, 1 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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