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	31-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists peremptory [ puh'-REMP-tuh'-ree, PER-uh' mp-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. that cannot be challenged, refused or changed 2. dictatorial or imperative 3. (law) one that cannot be questioned, changed or denied 4. assertive in behaviour 5. urgent or commanding in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The District magistrate issued a peremptory command to the police to quell the riots.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While he still makes placatory noises about the Left, his erstwhile allies are yet to stop smarting from the peremptory manner in which they were asked to get off the bus. The Times of India, Terror, inflation may dampen N-celebrations, Rajeev Deshpande,TNN, 3 Oct 2008   archetype [ AHR-ki-tahyp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. prototype or original model 2. quintessence or ideal representative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was of essence to get the archetype right to avoid further complications.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The comedy comes from the interaction of the three archetypes – though they all like to play the drums. Telegraph, Blue Man Group: the whole world gets the blue, by Jasper Rees, 28 Jan 2009   countervail [ koun-ter-VEYL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to counteract or avail against 2. (tr.v.) to offset or compensate 3. (intr.v.) to avail or match with equal force   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ruling party came up with a novel procedure to effectively countervail the objections raised by the opposition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Bush had built a working relationship with China, deepened alliances with Japan and Australia, and boosted collaboration with India - a 'Quadrilateral Initiative' to countervail China. BBC, 100 words on 100 days, Mahmud Ali, 23 April 2009   oracular [ aw-RAK-yuh'-ler ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. like or pertaining to a person considered to be capable of prophetic opinions 2. spoken as if infallible or as if divinely inspired   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He claimed that his predictions were based on facts and figures and were not of an oracular nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was the uncle to end all uncles, childlike yet oracular and possessed of a ravenous appetite for human folly. BBC, Tributes paid to comic Dave Allen, 11 March 2005.   filibuster [ FIL-uh'-buhs-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an exceptionally long speech or a series of such speeches for the purpose of causing obstruction or a member of a legislature who makes such a speech 2. (n.) the use of obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favoured or to force a decision against the will of the majority 3.(n.) an irregular military adventurer who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution 2. (tr. v.) to impede legislation by irregular or obstructive tactics as by making long speeches 3. (intr. v.) to use irregular or obstructive tactics to impede legislation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They used a filibuster to block the motion that favoured the disbursement of sops to farmers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said: "The filibuster is a critical tool to keep the majority in check." BBC, Filibuster row could 'go nuclear, James Coomarasamy, 19 May 2005.   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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