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	25-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists importune [ im-pawr-TOON, -TYOON, im-PAWR-chuh 'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to beg, urge or demand repeatedly 2. (intr. v.) to immorally request or make advances   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The beggar's importune methods made the man part with a coin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But there was no question ever of the Centre or the state government engaging its spokesmen or despatching interlocutors to importune them for meetings. The Times of India, THE LEADER ARTICLE: Valley's New Voice: Hurriyat Doesn't Represent Kashmiri Aspirations, Anand K Sahay, 7 Dec 2004   azure [ AZH-er ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) sky-blue or like the tinge of the sky when it is unclouded 2. (n.) the light, purplish blue tinge that is characteristic of an unclouded sky   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The beauty of the azure skies is often mentioned in Wordsworth's poetry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police say the stolen azure blue Nissan and the dark-coloured Mondeo were seen heading towards junction one of the M55 motorway. BBC, Police hunt fake crash carjackers, 1 September 2008.   unconscionable [ uhn-KON-shuh'-nuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not bound by conscience; unscrupulous 2. beyond reason; excessive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost his job as public relations officer because of his unconscionable conduct.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It would have been unconscionable to even consider cancelling concerts that form a major part of the creative dialogue in this country. BBC, Barbican stands by Stockhausen, 21 September 2001   defoliate [ v. dee-FOH-lee-eyt; adj. dee-FOH-lee-it, -eyt ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to strip or remove the leaves from 2. (tr. v.) to cause the leaves to fall off 3. (intr. v.) to lose leaves 4. (adj.) having naturally lost its leaves   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said the plants in his garden were defoliated because of caterpillars.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The larvae can defoliate berberis shrubs. The Telegraph, Tree trouble ahead, Ursula Buchan, 19 March 2009.   arid [ AR-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dry, parched or being without moisture 2. unproductive or barren due to a lack of water 3. uninspired, dreary, lacking interest or without imaginativeness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Scientists in India have conducted various studies and experiments and hope to discover a way to increase the agricultural productivity of arid lands.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Smerdon said that the people worst affected by the droughts were nomadic herders in arid regions in northern Kenya and subsistence farmers on the coast. CNN, Rain 'not enough' to end hunger in Kenya, Mark Tutton, 10 December 2009.   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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