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	06-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists imperturbable [ im-per-TUR-buh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   composed, calm or impassive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The constant gibes from his colleagues failed to disturb his imperturbable composure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nor have the wild gyrations of Amazon's share price over the past year caused its founder and chief executive to lose sleep. Mr Bezos manages to be simultaneously both bouncy and imperturbable. The Economist, Amazon's delta, Nov 18th 1999   activism [ AK-tuh'-viz-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the use of direct, often confrontational action such as demonstrations or strikes as a means of achieving political or social goals   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Activism is often the sought after tool of change during times of hardships.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Obama, who was elected on a slogan of "change" and whose campaign was built on grassroots activism, will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Telegraph, Barack Obama inauguration: President-Elect invokes spirit of Martin Luther King , By Toby Harnden in Washington, 20 Jan 2009   jocular [ JOK-yuh'-ler ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. habitually jocund, humorous or playful 2. given to or characterised by joking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The master of ceremonies opened the party with a jocular statement that set the trend for the evening.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People didn't want to confront the brutal idea, so found jocular alternatives. BBC, Roll over Roget, Peter Jackson, 8 July 2009   propulsive [ pruh'-PUHL-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. driving 2. impulse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The propulsive force of the jets enable the aircraft to execute a vertical takeoff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Huge solar sails that use sunlight as a propulsive force are also being developed. BBC, Antimatter would 'give us the stars', Dr David Whitehouse, 30 June 2003.   defeatist [ dih-FEE-tist ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who surrenders easily 2. (n.) an advocate or follower of defeatism 3.(n.) resignation to the prospect of losing 4. (adj.) marked by the prospect of losing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was termed a defeatist as he put all his failures down to bad luck and gave up easily.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He forbade defeatist talk and refused to be put on the defensive. BBC, Winston Churchill: Defender of Democracy, Dr Geoffrey Best, 11 May 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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