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	11-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pedant [ PED-nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. 2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. 3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The conference for Chemical engineers held recently in New Delhi was attended by world renowned pedants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His decision sparked an ongoing squabble -- often cast as a battle between number-crunching pedants and free-spirited pragmatists -- over when centuries and millennia begin and end. CNN, Is this the real millennium?, By Douglas Herbert, CNN.com Europe writer, January 1, 2001   cogitate [ KOJ-i-teyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to meditate, think over or ponder 2. (intr.v.) to contemplate or meditate deeply   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Philosophers cogitate over every minuscule observation prior to the framing of a hypothesis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Italian journalists like to cogitate at length on tactical nuances. Telegraph, Inter Milan beat Juventus, by Ben Findon, 24 Nov 2008   centurion [ sen-TOO' R-ee-uh' n, -TYOO' R- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the commanding officer of an ancient Roman century   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The centurion warned the general that if timely reinforcements were not sent to the front the enemy hordes would overrun their first line of defence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The battle-hardened centurion marched into the room and positioned himself at his leader's side. The Herald, Veteran warrior Maldini ready to lead from the back, Hugh MacDonald, 20 February 2007.   vying [ VAHY-ing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. competing 2. contending 3. striving for superiority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the boys were vying for the attention of the coach who would select the players for the college team.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   French ministers are succumbing to the "Carla Bruni effect", vying to keep up with Nicolas Sarkozy's weight loss programme following reports that one MP was told to shed pounds if he wanted a top job. The Telegraph, Carla Bruni effect: French ministers vie to keep up with Sarkozy's diet, Henry Samuel, 6 October 2009.   incidence [ IN-si-duh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the rate of happening or influence of something 2. the extent, range or frequency of a happening 3. the act or instance of occurrence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The health authorities stated that there was a high incidence of mosquito related diseases in areas of the city that had not been fogged by the municipality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We hypothesize that temperature may be associated with the incidence of prostate cancer by modulating exposure to POPs (persistent organic pollutants), some of which have been linked to the disease," the researchers wrote. The Telegraph, Grim weather increases risk of prostate cancer, Richard Alleyne, 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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