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	18-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ordain [ awr-DEYN ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to endow or confer with authority 2. (tr. v.) to decree or appoint 3. (tr. v.) to predestine or prearrange 4. (intr. v.) to command or order (intr. v.) to appoint 5. (intr. v.) to endow or invest with authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After many years of distinguished service, the vicar was ordained as a bishop.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When women began to be ordained over a decade ago, conservative parishes were given an elaborate opt-out: instead of labouring under the episcopal oversight of a liberal, pro-female-ordination type, they could choose to be in the care of a so-called "flying bishop" who would never foist a female vicar on them. Economist, When compromise fails, Jul 10th 2008   captious [ KAP-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. fault-finding, critical or difficult to please 2. intended to ensnare, entrap, confuse or perplex in an argument   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His captious remarks earned him the displeasure of his friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They could also be absolutely as critical as the most captious guys today, but they could also sing songs.Deford says. CNN, The ruffian and the college boy, by Todd Leopold, April 26, 2005   urchin [ UR-chin ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a mischievous, usually dirty or ragged, boy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The urchin was picked up from the streets and sent to a remand home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Not yet an adolescent but bigger than an infant, in the Victorian era he would have been described as an urchin. BBC, The holy grail of motion, Clive James, 6 July 2007   lateral [ LAT-er-uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to the side 2. a sideways transfer of the ball to a teammate in football   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that the lateral fins on his surfboard helped him to maintain his balance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We have one diver on each side to fend off lateral approaches, and one behind to cover everyone's back. BBC, Surviving the oceanic whitetip shark, Ellen Husain, 26 September 2007.   piebald [ PAHY-bawld ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having two different colours 2. (adj.) having patches of black and white or any two colours 3. (n.) an animal having patches of black and white 4. (n.) an animal having spots or patches of two colours   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Raymond said that he would like to ride the piebald pony.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some parents see our piebald ponies, which are black and white, and think they're cows. BBC, What would Old MacDonald say? Mario Cacciottolo. 8 June 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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