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	04-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inadvertent [ in-uh' d-VUR-tnt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   heedless, careless or not intentional   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His inadvertent remarks during the meeting earned him a censure from his boss.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most of its customers are Western retailers worried about the bad publicity an inadvertent purchase of illegal logs might bring. The Economist, Forestry: Protected by bars, Mar 6th 2008   bagatelle [  bag-uh'-TEL ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a trifle or something unimportant or trivial 2. a played game that involves rolling balls into holes 3. a short composition of music that is especially played on the piano   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire ceremony was reduced to a bagatelle due to this atrocious behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If you drastically lower your expectations, you can enjoy this bagatelle as the witty and fluffy fare it's intended to be. CNN, EW review: Amy Tan disappoints, by Jennifer Reese, October 21, 2005.   underbid [ uhn-der-BID ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to bid less than that of a competitor 2. (intr.v.) to make an unnecessarily low bid for the value of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He underbid the offers of the competitors by cutting his profit margin and won the prestigious contract.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But buyers are quickly turned off by a stinky house, and that means I can really underbid on my offer. CNN, Clark Howard: Housing crisis isn't all bad news, 9 April 2009, 30 July 2009   solemnity [ suh'-LEM-ni-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. gravity or impressiveness 2. a formality that renders an act or document valid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fun and frolic of the celebration contrasted with the solemnity of the prayer service.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For all the solemnity of the setting, and the grandeur of hymns that included Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee, My Country, WO1 Chant's funeral was a personal service. The Telegraph, Daughter's tears at funeral of Darren Chant, shot dead in Afghanistan, 2 December 2009.   wistful [ WIST-fuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by longing or yearning 2. wishful thinking 3. pensive or forlorn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Because of the intense pressure of his work, he had a wistful desire to return to the happy and carefree days of his childhood.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I though Cate Ferris was going to be a rather melancholy wistful type who would be introverted and have a very downbeat view on life. BBC, South Live, 6 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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