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	18-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists malodorous [ mal-OH-der-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having a foul, offensive or bad smell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The malodorous garbage vat nearby made us cross the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eddie Ortega, the director of Del Rio's Community Health Service Center, said there's an unusually high number of the malodorous creatures running around these days. abcNEWS, Texas Border Town Faces Skunk Infestation, DEL RIO, Texas July 31, 2008   emanate [ EM-uh-neyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to give out or emit 2. (intr.v.) to flow out, issue as from a source or origin   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A strange glow was said to have emanated from the unidentified flying craft.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suitably laid-back beats and bleeps emanate from the music system and a flattering afternoon sun completes the Photoshopped effect. Telegraph, Townhouse, Miami: full review, 15 Dec 2008   churl [ churl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a boorish, ill-bred or rude person 2. ceorl 3. a rustic or peasant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the guests were dressed like gentlemen but some behaved like churls.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It would take a churl of the most dour, misanthropic bent not to respond gladly to such outpourings of sheer human happiness. The Herald, Wishing Kosovo well while fearing for the future,Harry Reid, 21 February 2008.   nullify [ NUHL-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to render inoperative or void 2. to make futile or ineffective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Nobody wanted him in their team for the project as he could nullify all their efforts with his contrary attitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the reply to the British ultimatum it is stated that "the British Government nullified all German attempts at a peaceful settlement," although the effort to bring about reasonable negotiation has persisted to a point that alarmed public opinion everywhere. The Telegraph, World War 2: Britain takes up the Nazi Challenge to save liberty itself, 3 September 2009.   derivation [ der-uh'-VEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act or process of showing that a statement is logically entailed by a set of theories 2. originating at or descendant from 3. the historical origin and development of a word   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The assumptions of the previous process were used in the derivation of a new program.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She explores the semantics and derivations of words, and talks about how and why she makes vocabulary choices when crafting her poetry. BBC, Word choice and derivation.   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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