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	22-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists obloquy [ OB-luh'-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. condemnatory, derogatory or abusive language 2. disgrace or denunciation suffered due to abuse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The amount of censure heaped upon Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell following his team's debacle in the 2007 World cup was enough obloquy for one lifetime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Imagine the obloquy which would have been heaped on the Metropolitan police if it had not involved the CPS at an early stage. BBC, UK: The toughest case, April 26, 2002   amuck [ uh'-muh'k ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in a murderously violent or frenzied manner 2. (adj.) crazed, mad or possessed with a violent or murderous frenzy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stable hand ran amuck through the pastures disturbing the grazing cows.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In an instance of a family feud that went out of control at New Perungalathur (near Tambaram) on Saturday night, one person ran amuck, injuring three of his relatives with a knife. The Times of India, Man runs amuck, injures his relatives, by Sibi Arasu, 24 Nov 2008   justiciable [ juh-STISH-ee-uh'-buh' l, -STISH-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   capable of being solved or settled by a court of law   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The plaintiff's plea for statutory reliefs was granted by the Court as the litigation was a justiciable matter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Meanwhile, with respect to the other, justiciable provisions, which the judges believe they should to be reviewing, they couldn't reach a unanimous result. CNN, Court ruling on campaign finance underscores policy, legal problems, Marci A. Hamilton, 8 May 2003   nihilist [ NAHY-uh'-list ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who rebels against established laws and institutions 2. an anarchist 3. one who advocates that the destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unruly mob led by the nihilists started destroying the council hall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In one of the funniest scenes in the film "The Big Lebowski," the hot-headed Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, explains to the Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, how much he hates nihilists because they don't believe in anything, they have no "ethos." CNN, Commentary: Ted Kennedy was a true believer, Julian E. Zelizer, 27 August 2009.   resuscitate [ ri-SUHS-i-teyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to revive from unconsciousness or from apparent death 2. (tr. v.) to restore to consciousness 3. (intr. v.) to regain consciousness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Paramedics resuscitated her as soon as the lifeguard brought her ashore.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was resuscitated after birth and tests revealed he had been starved of oxygen. The Telegraph, Parents win compensation after son born with cerebral palsy after hospital error, 3 May 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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