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	19-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fuddle [ FUHD-l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to confuse or put into a state of confusion 2. (tr. v.) to intoxicate or make drunk 3. (intr. v.) to drink alcohol 4. (n.) the state of being confused 5. (n.) the state of being intoxicated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children were a bit fuddled when they got off the merry-go-round.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Martin, with his friendly, fuddled smile and his lamentable Air Miles, is the Speaker those conformist MPs deserve. The Telegraph, Can we stop picking on Michael Martin? Andrew Gimson, 26 February 2008.   supererogatory [ soo-per-uh'-ROG-uh'-tawr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. going beyond the call of duty 2. more than what is needed 3. performed beyond expectation 4. superfluous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Invariably a fireman will put his life on the line by performing supererogatory acts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A garnish is an ingredient without a purpose; it is usually garish, passe, supererogatory. The Telegraph, Growing on us, Tamasin Day-Lewis, 12 October 2002.   bellicose [ BEL-i-kohs ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inclined or favoured to fighting; aggressively hostile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His bellicose temperament prevented him from making any friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were about two hundred men in the camp and the English NCO in charge was a very bellicose Tyneside Scottish sergeant major who was continually at war with the German commandant through his long suffering interpreter, an Irish sergeant named Jerome O'Connor. BBC, Laurie Dorins' Story: Part 9 - LONG AUTUMN 1942 by CSV Media NI, 21 October, 2005   monotony [ muh'-NOT-n-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. wearisome uniformity or sameness 2. continuous or repetitive use of the same tone without any variation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The monotony of his job made him lose interest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The monotony of the factory towns was brutal in daylight, and the streets seemed abandoned during working hours Telegraph, Travel books, Clover Stroud learns about the world's most famous church and life in today's China, by Keith Miller, 16 Apr 2007   sash [ sash ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a band worn about the waist or over one shoulder 2. (n.) a frame in which panes are fixed 3. (tr. v.) to wear a band   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The captain of the school's football team wore a red sash at the parade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Just look at that silver 'warrior belt' in Waterhouse's 'Marianne', the gilded fringed sash worn by his 'Cleopatra', the rich colours of the velvet gown on 'Fair Rosamund'. The Telegraph, All the inspiration you need for Pre-Raphaelite style, Hilary Alexander, 22 July 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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