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	09-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists perennial [ puh'-REN-ee-uh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) existing throughout the year 2. (adj.) persisting for a very long time 3. (adj.) recurrent or perpetual 4. (n.) a plant that is perennial in nature 5. (n.) a recurrent phenomenon or thing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The perennial tropical climate of Florida makes it an attractive destination for tourists from more temperate regions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, between 2004 and 2005 the Arctic lost an unprecedented 14 percent of its perennial sea ice (shown in white)—some 280,000 square miles (725,000 square kilometers), or an area the size of Texas. National Geographic, Photo in the News: Arctic Ice Melting Rapidly, Study Shows, Aalok Mehta , September 14, 2006   bandy [ BAN-dee ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to trade, exchange, give and take or pass back and forth 2. (tr.v.) to hit, throw or pass back and forth 3. (adj.) bowed, bent or outwardly curved 4. (n.) a old game that resembled field hockey   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The debate was of an intense nature with repartees being bandied across the dais.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yahoo's search operations to Microsoft - an alternative deal that has been bandied about for the past eight months. Telegraph, Yahoo! fourth-quarter loss beats forecasts, 28 Jan 2009   urbane [ ur-BEYN  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   polite, refined and sophisticated in manner.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   At the start of the new term the teacher addressed the children in an urbane tone so as to befriend rather than intimidate the class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the welcoming lounge, contemporary art mingles with books and antiques, while guest rooms are done up in an urbane, neutral palette, with chunky reclaimed-wood headboards and slate bathroom floors. CNN, Country inns of Wales, Alison Tyler, 30 August 2007   incongruity [ in-kuh'n-GROO-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being out of keeping or place 2. the quality of being incompatible or inharmonious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was asked to resign because of the incongruity in his performance at work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some Chinese dishes are remarkable for the sheer incongruity of their ingredients. The Telegraph, Jellied sipunculids, Jeremy Alban Dorman, 16 December 2009.   madrigal [ MAD-ri-guh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a secular part song for four to six voices and making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation usually without musical instruments 2. any part song 3. a short love poem that can be set to music   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A few choir boys got together and sang a madrigal for the pretty girls at the village school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The madrigals Monteverdi wrote in his early twenties show his style to be precociously accomplished, though less richly expressive than it later became. The Telegraph, Magical exploration of a musical treasure-trove, Rupert Christiansen, 16 August 2007.   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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