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	13-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists elicit [ i-LIS-it ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to bring out, educe, evoke or arrive at   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Illegal migration from Bangladesh into India numbers in the millions but it barely elicits any mention in the major Indian newspapers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Routine violence there exceeds anything seen in Bangkok, but it elicits barely a peep from the news media in the Thai capital. Economist, Surges that won't work, Sep 10th 2008   contagion [ kuh' n-TEY-juh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the propagation of a disease or infection through contact 2. a disease that is contagious in nature or an agent spreading such an infection 3. an influence or contact that can be harmful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The contagion of the bird flu is rapid.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Economic contagion in the West is already hitting China's manufacturing base. Telegraph, Will oil prices recover after tanking in 2008?, 30 Dec 2008   guile [ gahyl  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   craftiness, stratagem, duplicity or deviousness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The conman was finally apprehended despite his guile and boldness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If drag racing is a celebration of raw speed, stock-car racing is a study in patience, tactics and guile. The Washington Post, Do the Local Motion, Liz Clarke, 22 May 2009   zany [ ZEY-nee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(n.) a clown or fool or eccentric person 2. (adj.) ludicrous or comical 3. (adj.) clownish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The circus employed him as a zany because he had a natural aptitude for comical mannerisms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reteish plays the character of a waiter who innocently gets roped into Govinda's zany escapades. BBC, Bollywood previews, 18 December 2009.   rubric [ ROO-brik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a title, heading or note in a manuscript printed in red to distinguish it from the rest of the text 2. (n.) protocol or an established procedure or mode of conduct 3.(n.) an explanatory comment 4. (adj.) written in or marked with red 5.(adj.) red, ruddy or reddish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manuscript was completed but the author wanted to coin a catchy rubric for the novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Even under the rubric of a stimulus package, we're going to get some monies there to push this out," Hannemann said, noting that Hawaii's senior U.S. senator, Daniel Inouye, is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. CNN, Hawaii looks to sports for economic boost, Tricia Escobedo, 3 April 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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