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	23-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fealty [ FEE-uh' l-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. faithfulness, loyalty or fidelity 2. an oath to remain faithful or loyal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His long term fealty to the Prime minister secured for him a cabinet berth in the new government.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As he lounges behind an antique desk in the old-world, 18th-century architectural gem of a central London house that he uses as a private office, Noon, 71, insists his apparently newfound fealty to Brown is neither new nor opportunistic. THE TIMES OF INDIA, 'Curry King' to spice up Brown's Britain, 28 Sep 2007   condescend [ KON-duh'-send ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to descend, deign or stoop to a level that is considered lower than or inferior to oneself 2. to behave as though one is superior to another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Duke was thought to been condescending by having agreed to dance with her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sources said, "even after both sides condescend to portfolios sharing, the Congress biggest problem will be who to accommodate in the 8-10 member list while the JD(S) is ready with it." The Times of India, Now, race on for key portfolios, 3 June 2004   fleet [ fleet  ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group of warships or nautical vessels under a single command or functioning as one unit 2. (adj.) nimble, rapid or swift 3. (tr.v.) to move rapidly or swiftly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire fleet took part in the naval exercise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Japan's whaling fleet has failed to catch its quota, after being disrupted by clashes with anti-hunting activists. BBC, Japan fleet misses whaling target, 14 April 2008   colloquial [ kuh'-LOH-kwee-uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. informal or characteristic of normal as opposed to formal conversation or writing 2. involving conversation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They spoke a colloquial dialect that was difficult to understand.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These images and moments -- some as fleeting as Messiaen's visions, others as colloquial as Grofe's donkeys -- are contrary, alright. CNN, Review: Strenuous beauty, worthy effort, Porter Anderson, 8 February 2006.   dilatory [ DIL-uh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. procrastinate or tending to delay 2. tending to postpone or put off 3. to defer or put of taking a decision   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The members of the board adopted dilatory tactics so as to avoid making a commitment on the controversial issue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Her son, Sir Mark, says Lady Thatcher was "dismayed" by a report that suggested his twin sister had been dilatory about visiting. The Telegraph, Baroness Thatcher 'dismayed' by gossip columnist's suggestion that Carol doesn't care, 19 June 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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