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	17-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists insolent [ in-suh'-luh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. proud, disrespectful or impudent 2. overbearing or arrogant 3. one who is insolent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The boy's insolent replies infuriated his teacher.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bush, the dwarf, has surprised us again with his insolent statement, accusing countries which have suffered from the aggressive, arrogant policy of his country, said Babel, run by President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday. Telegraph, Iraqi press throws insults at Bush, 02 Feb 2002   drudgery [ DRUHJ-uh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   tedious, menial work that must be done   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The drudgery of the life is aptly described in most of Dickens's novels   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sheer drudgery of travelling long distances in often clapped-out buses is enough to put many passengers off travelling by train. Telegraph, Train passengers forced onto buses should be compensated, say Liberal Democrats, by Robert Winnett, 26 Dec 2008   juror [ JOO' R-er, -awr ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who is a member of a jury 2. one taking an oath, like that of allegiance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He did not mind being called to serve as a juror in any legal proceeding provided it was not a murder trial.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When questioned by the judge the juror admitted conducting his own independent inquiry. BBC, Juror's detective work ends trial, 19 August 2008   catcall [ kat-kawl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a loud raucous shout or rowdy whistle 2. (tr. v.) to express derision or disapproval by whistling or by loud raucous shouts 3. (intr. v.) to make a loud raucous shout   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rowdy spectators greeted the scantily clad cheer leaders with catcalls.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Other typically interested officials, perhaps wary of the boos and catcalls that greeted Sen. John Cornyn at a Tea Party rally in Texas, didn't ask to address the crowd this year. CNN, Health care reform critics converge on Capitol, Rebecca Sinderbrand, 14 September 2009.   implore [ im-PLAWR ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to beseech or beg urgently 2. (tr. v.) entreat or appeal to in prayer 3. (intr. v.) to make an earnest appeal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The condemned prisoners implored the King for mercy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Shannon Briggs, the American former world title holder from Brownsville, and one-time challenger to Lennox Lewis's undisputed heavyweight title, implored Britain's David Haye, the World Boxing Association champion to ignore the Klitschko brothers and take him on in London. The Telegraph, David Haye rejects any fight with Shannon Briggs, Gareth A Davies, 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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