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	24-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists blithe [ blahyth', blahyth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. happy, merry or light-hearted 2. carefree, casual or lacking concern   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone loved her for her vivacity and blithe disregard for the various vicissitudes that she had had to endure in her lifetime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   GOP presidential candidate John McCain is abandoning old positions and adopting new ones with both an impressive tactical nimbleness and a blithe disregard for his long legislative and political record. ABCNews, Maverick to Candidate: Evolution of the New John McCain, TERRY MORAN, Sept. 18, 2008   condiment [ KON-duh'-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a relish or seasoning that is used to impart a special flavour to food or enhance its flavour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Condiments are widely used in Indian cuisine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chief amongst the goods the ship was carrying were hundreds of jars of garum - a fish sauce which was a favourite condiment for rich Romans. BBC, Roman ship thrills archaeologists, 14 November 2006   grandiloquent [ gran-DIL-uh'-kwuh'nt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   pompous, histrionic or extravagantly colourful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The beggar chose for himself the grandiloquent title of 'Emperor of the underground'.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The jacket copy originally describing the author as a successful record producer was amended to the much more grandiloquent 'hugely successful pop music mogul'. Telegraph, Literary Life, 25 May 2008   resurrect [ rez-uh'-REKT ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to raise from the dead or bring back to life 2. (tr. v.) to bring back into use 3. (intr. v.) to rise from the dead or spring back to life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers believed that he had psychic powers and could resurrect the dead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For the moment let us glory in the resurrection of a fine art. The Telegraph, World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello has resurrected national service for England, Kevin Garside, 10 September 2009.   autocratic [ aw-tuh'-KRAT-ik  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or having absolute power 2. despotic or like a person who has unlimited power   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The party chiefs warned that autocratic behaviour by government officials would not be tolerated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Disquiet with the president has been growing in recent months, with the confederations increasingly frustrated at his autocratic style. The Telegraph, Fifa's plan for a European World Cup in 2018 a boost for England's bid, Paul Kelso, 10 February 2010.   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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