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	13-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists interminable [ in-TUR-muh'-nuh'-buh 'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   endless or excruciatingly long   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The interminable guerrilla war in Iraq between the American troops and the fidayeen shows no sign of abating.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All of these lies were designed to tie American down in interminable wars in the Middle East for Israel's benefit. Chronicles Magazine, War Without End, by Paul Craig Roberts   array [ uh'-REY ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to marshal, arrange or place in a desired manner 2. (tr.v.) to adorn, deck up or clothe with ornamental or showy garments 3. (n.) an ordered arrangement, distribution or grouping 4. (n.) finery or splendid attire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The general arrayed his troops for battle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the finished array will have 350 six-metre antennas and will be one of the world's largest. BBC, Skies to be swept for alien life, 12 October 2007   undermine [ uhn-der-MAHYN, UHN-der-mahyn ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to weaken or attack by indirect or underhand means 2. dig or tunnel beneath   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the debate the speaker's confidence was undermined by jeering from the back of the hall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Senior police chiefs have accused civil servants and ministers of deliberately attempting to centralise power and undermine the independence of policing through recent changes to the inspectorate. The Herald, Police warn new standards watchdog lacks bite, Lucy Adams, 30 July 2009   implode [ im-PLOHD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to collapse inward 2. (tr. v.) to cause to collapse inward 3. (tr. v.) to demolish by causing to collapse inward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The demolition expert imploded the old building so that it did not cause any damage to the adjacent buildings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hundreds of political activists busied themselves making sure the campaign would not implode at the last minute. BBC, On the spot- US sex offender worked in UK election campaign, Russo, 28 December 2009.   shoddy [ SHOD-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) containing or made from inferior material 2. (adj.) dishonest or reprehensible 3. (n.) woollen yarn made from scraps with some new wool added 4. (n.) a cheap imitation or anything of inferior quality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The shoddy toys were imported from China merely because they were cheap.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The shoddy construction of school buildings may be to blame for the high number of child casualties in China's earthquake, according to state media. BBC, China anger over 'shoddy schools', 15 May 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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