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	13-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tendentious [ ten-DEN-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having a strong and persistent point of view, tendency or bias   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was accused of having a tendentious soft spot where his team mates were concerned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has prepared a helpful booklet denouncing Mr McCain, which gives chapter and sometimes tendentious verse on policies of which its members might disapprove. Economist, The voice of labour, Jun 19th 2008   savoir-faire [ SAV-wahr-FAIR; Fr. sa*-vwa*r*-fer* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   tact, poise, polish or courtesy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The savoir-faire displayed by the diplomat saved the day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr de La Bourdonnaye wants Liberty to have the popular appeal of Disneyland but the status and savoir faire of a luxury brand. Telegraph, Frenchman aims to revolutionise the very fabric of the Liberty brand, By James Hall, 15 Sep 2008   rotund [ roh-TUHND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a rounded shape 2. plump 3. loud or booming   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lady was embarassed because some of her friends commented on her husband's rotund figure during the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Abu Qarrar was young, rotund, and seemed new to the mujahedeen lifestyle. CNN, Jill Carroll: Captivity turns to desperation, 25 August 2006   welter [ WEL-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to roll about or wallow 2. (intr.v.) to lie soaked or drenched in something 3. (intr.v.) to get entangled or deeply involved 4. (n.) a jumbled, disordered or confused mass 5. (n.) a state or condition of confusion or turmoil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She weltered but found no sympathisers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The welter of contradictory comments in the press only underscores the lack of transparency around defence procurement. The Times of India, All the PM's Men, 21 Mar 2001   accrue [ uh'-KROO ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to increase or accumulate as a result or outcome of growth 2. (intr.v.) to become legally enforceable as a claim 3. (intr.v.) to result due to increment 4. (tr.v.) to accumulate or collect over time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wealth had accrued as a result of careful investments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Employees on long-term sick leave are entitled to take all holiday they have accrued when they return to work, the European Court of Justice has ruled. BBC, Sick leave staff win holiday case, 20 January 2009   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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