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	11-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists onerous [ ON-er-uh' s, OH-ner- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. arduous, burdensome or oppressive 2. legal obligations overshadowing advantages   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He found the onerous duties of being a Prime Minister too taxing and was secretly relieved when his party lost the parliamentary elections.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are talking about a standard verification package. This is not onerous; this is not unusual in terms of trying to verify activities that may have taken place. CNN, U.S. envoy to travel to N. Korea for nuclear talks, From Charley Keyes, September 29, 2008   annals [ AN-lz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. yearly chronological record of events 2. chronicles or historical account or record 3. record or journal that contains reports of the activities transpiring in an organisation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The annals of the war were very well documented.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   January 30 1972 - forever Bloody Sunday in the annals of the Troubles in Northern Ireland - was not the bloodiest day, but perhaps the most significant in helping to decide the direction and progress of the bitter conflict in the decades that followed. BBC, Long wait for Bloody Sunday report, by John Thorne, 7 November 2008   katabatic [ kat-uh'-BAT-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   pertaining to wind currents blowing down a slope   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The village located in the valley bore the brunt of the icy katabatic winds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Santa Anas fall into the category of katabatic winds, called chinooks in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and foehns or mistrals in parts of Europe. CNN, 'Firestorm' conditions weakening but still a danger, 24 October 2007   disenfranchise [ dis-en-FRAN-chahyz ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to deprive of a privilege or a right 2. disfranchise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer argued that they could not be disenfranchised merely because they were illegal immigrants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is the real possibility that some eligible voters have been disenfranchised. BBC, Vote of low confidence, Kojo Pumpuni Asante, October - December 2008   confound [ kon-FOUN-did ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. confused or bewildered 2. damned (euphemistic usage) 3. to cause to become confused or bewildered 4. to mix up 5. to make a bad thing worse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was confounded by the mannerisms of the tribesmen.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Labour's unexpected and resounding win in Glenrothes confounded pundits, MPs and party supporters alike. The Telegraph, Glenrothes by election: Victory confounded pundits and party supporters, Andrew Porter, 7 November 2008.   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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