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	25-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists desultory [ DES-uh' l-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   haphazard, erratic or irregular   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The desultory conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has caused a major humanitarian crisis in the region.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although there were only ever a few hundred active Tuareg fighters, this desultory yet brutal conflict pinned the Malian army down over vast swathes of northern Mali, and saw 160,000 Tuareg fleeing into neighbouring countries. Telegraph, Rock and roll's real outlaws, 26/02/2004   altruism [ AL-troo-iz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   unselfish regard or devotion to the welfare of others; selflessness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Altruism may not always be well received.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Recent research includes work on gestures and language as well as selfishness versus altruism in chimpanzees. National Geographic, The Thinking Chimp: How to Help, March 2008   foster [ FAW-ster, FOS-ter  ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to encourage or promote 2. (tr.v.) to nurture 3. (adj.) providing or receiving parental care though unrelated through blood or legal ties   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was fortunate to have been adopted by doting foster parents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   US Vice-President Joe Biden marks 4 July in Baghdad, urging Iraqi leaders to foster political reconciliation. BBC, Biden urges Iraq reconciliation, Gabriel Gatehouse, 4 July 2009   celestial [ suh'-LES-chuh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(adj.) of the sky or relating to the celestial sphere 2. (adj.) heavenly or divine 3. (n.) a person from heaven   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the olden days, mariners used celestial bodies to navigate their ships.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1982, some believed the "Jupiter Effect" -- the rough alignment of several celestial bodies -- would cause catastrophe. CNN, Waiting for the end of the world, Todd Leopold, 18 November 2009.   capitulate [ kuh'-PICH-uh'-leyt  ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to come to terms or accede 2. yield, give in or give up resistance 3. to surrender   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The leader of the labour union capitulated and called off the strike after management promised to revise the minimum wage payable to the workers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has said he will not capitulate as Israeli tanks and troops closed in to just a few metres from his besieged office in Ramallah. BBC, Arafat defiant amid the ruins, 21 September 2002.   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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