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	01-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists peccadillo [ pek-uh'-DIL-oh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an insignificant or trivial sin, flaw or mistake   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is unfortunate that Bill Clinton will always be remembered for his peccadilloes rather than his sterling leadership that helped in turning around the moribund American economy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Part of the problem now is that people seem to be more aware of his peccadilloes than any actions that he has taken to make the city better since he was elected. Los Angels Times, Villaraigosa affair may not be one to remember, By Steve Hymon and Duke Helfand, July 7, 2007   anecdote [ AN-ik-doht ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a usually short narrative of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Comedians should be in possession of an assortment of anecdotes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mankind becomes a mere anecdote against that staggering canvas; we see ourselves as we really are—bound to the natural world around us. National Geographic, Through the Eyes of the Condor, By Marie Arana   bedizen [ bi-DAHY-zuh' n, -DIZ-uh' n ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to adorn, ornament or dress in a gaudy or showy manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She bedizened herself in the hope that she would be mistaken for a princess.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Sixties and Seventies were far better than the times of today, and an amalgamation of both decades, bedizened with space imagery and Sixties "space" iconography, will dominate and define the ethos of the approaching new culture. BBC, Back to the Futurists, Lawrence Pollard, 20 February 2009   brood [ brood ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group of offspring produced or hatched at one time 2. (n.) the children in a family 3. (tr. v.) to hatch eggs 4. (intr. v.) to hover over or cover 5. (intr. v.) to worry about or to focus on a subject moodily   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hen was busy scratching away the dirt to feed her brood on the insects beneath the surface.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a new article posted on VanityFair.com, Kate reveals her brood has been "acting out" lately -- but she is hopeful it's a phase that will pass as the kids adjust to their life with divorced parents. CNN, Kate Gosselin: My kids are struggling, 19 October 2009   profound [ pruh'-FOUND ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a penetrating or deep insight of the understanding of subjects 2. (adj.) penetrating far beneath what is obvious or superficial 3.(adj.) profound or having a deep meaning or being of a great and broadly inclusive significance 4. (n.) something that is characterized by intellectual depth 5.(n.) abyss   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pastor's discourse was simple and comprehensive although it did include some profound truths.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They represent a third or more of the voting age population, so they're going to have a profound impact on elections and in some cases in the primaries this November and this spring. CNN, Steele: Tea Party makes up 'a third or more' of voters, Peter Hamby, 21 April 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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