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	25-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists askance [ uh'-SKANS ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. glance obliquely or sideways 2. to observe suspiciously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He looked askance at the man approaching him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No longer does society look askance at single parents who might be so as they never married, or are divorced or lost a partner. The Times Of India, Parent Parochialism, 19 Sep 2008   aggregate [ adj., n. AG-ri-git, -geyt; v. AG-ri-geyt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   collection of units or particles into a whole; total   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The aggregate number has to be taken into account for the calculation to be correct.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For a start, as far as aggregate demand is concerned, it will run into a headwind from the public sector. Telegraph, We must prepare for the recovery - whenever it comes, By Roger Bootle, 02 Feb 2009   ultra vires [ uhl-truh' VAHY-reez ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   beyond the legal power or authority of an office or corporation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The labourers were not bound by the provisions in the contract as the labour court had declared it ultra vires.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Constitution is the highest and most subtle law in the land and for any individual body of Government to reform it at the most fundamental level is ultra vires. BBC, Rights bill is branded 'hot air', 25 March 2009   provender [ PROV-uh'n-der ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. fodder or dry feed like hay or oats, for livestock 2. provisions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Provender for the cattle was stored in a huge barn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So when he demands his favourite chips, biscuits and chocolate, she gives them to him as an act of love and provender. The Telegraph, Time for tough love and a lock on the fridge, Jan Moir, 28 February 2007.   inviolable [ in-VAHY-uh'-luh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. safe from violation or desecration 2. secure from infringement or destruction 3. unassailable or incapable of being violated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inviolable sanctuary for tigers was built by an organisation for the conservation wild life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1989, a top church official used the occasion of the Mass to call for a return to "religiously based moral values" and lament the "inviolable, impenetrable and towering wall" between church and state. CNN, Red Mass: lobbying high court or simple prayer service? Bill Mears, 1 October 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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