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	15-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists implausible [ im-PLAW-zuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   improbable, inconceivable, unlikely or unbelievable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prosecuting attorney's implausible arguments did not convince the judge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Repeatedly making economically implausible arguments about the efficiency of government-run drug pricing, or plucking artificial windfalls from thin air, won't make Part D, a good program, work any better," Davis said. abcNews, Democrats See Drugmaker Windfall From Medicare, By Georgina Coolidge, July 24, 2008   aisle [ ahyl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a passageway between or along sections of seats in a theatre, auditorium, airplane or the like 2. longitudinal divisions in a church   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Passengers were outraged to learn that the airline had reduced the width of aisles in long distance airplanes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Their reactions are putting pressure on Congress and benefiting watchdog groups on both sides of the political aisle. CNN, Unhappy voters jam Capitol Hill phone lines, By Lisa Desjardins, February 4, 2009   unabated [ uhn-uh'-BEY-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   continuing with full force, power or vigour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the absence of government intervention the unabated atrocities against minorities in remote villages have gained momentum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress yesterday that turbulence in financial markets continues unabated and said more regulatory powers are needed to prevent another collapse of a big Wall Street bank like Bear Stearns. The Herald, Bernanke calls for more market regulation, Douglas Hamilton, 30 July 2009   shyster [ SHAHY-ster ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a lawyer who uses unethical or unscrupulous methods 2. a person who indulges in petty or questionable practices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They did not have enough money to engage a good lawyer and, so, ended up hiring a shyster.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Richard Gere is the definitive shyster, doing what he does best - being smarmy. BBC, Chicago (2002), Stella Papamichael, 26 December 2002   precipitate [ v. pri-SIP-i-teyt; adj., n. pri-SIP-i-tit, -teyt ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a solid separated from a solution 2. (n.) a resultant product from any process 3.(adj.) rushing headlong or carelessly speeding 4. (adj.) acting with haste 5. (adj.) happening suddenly and unexpectedly 6. (v.) to cause to happen or to be thrown headlong 7. (v.) to be separated from a solution as a solid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crisis was precipitated by the people who defaulted on their mortgage payments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   First things first. I don't doubt the business leaders' sincerity when they warn that the National Insurance increase will precipitate job cuts. BBC, Newtonian law of power's pull on business, Robert Peston, 1 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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