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	27-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mordant [ MAWR-dnt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) caustic or bitingly sarcastic 2. (n.) a chemical used to fix a dye 3. (n.) a substance used for corrosion 4. (tr. v.) to treat by using a mordant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Statesman is known for its impartial and mordant editorials.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That he laces them with mordant humour and haunting grace notes merely highlights his uncommon genius. Telegraph, Import Export: a profoundly moral X-ray, Sukhdev Sandhu, 01/10/2008   bode [ bohd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) foretell, presage, portend or be an omen of 2. (intr.v.) to portend or predict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His friends constantly warned him that his risk taking behaviour did not bode well.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some observers say the future of tribes still living in the jungle in Paraguay and elsewhere, particularly Brazil, does not bode well. CNN, Legal battle over forest is victory for Paraguayan Indians, by Arthur Brice, November 14, 2008   disallow [ dis-uh'-LOU ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to veto, reject or not allow 2. to reject or deny as illegal or invalid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The attorney for the defendant raised many objections which were disallowed by the Judge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The notion that university educators should disallow films on campus until a full academic study has been completed sounds good, but really makes no sense. The Washington Post, Porn Movie Screening: Academic Freedom vs. Censorship? John Watson, 6 April 2009   analgesia [ an-l-JEE-zee-uh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. absence of sense of pain 2. insensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He started taking his medicine regularly, as recommended by the doctor, which caused analgesia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is the emotional pain, for which no analgesia exists, that is often the deciding factor in people wishing to die in such cases. The Telegraph, Finger on the Pulse: who can know the pain of wanting to die? Dr Max Pemberton, 27 April 2009.   altruistic [ al-troo-IS-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others 2. charitable 3. selflessness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Success in this competitive environment cannot be attained by developing an altruistic personality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Gladiator" director Ridley Scott is back together with Crowe, one of his favorite collaborators, in this remake of the epic tale of an altruistic bandit who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. CNN, Blockbuster bonanza: Big movies to look out for in 2010, Olivia Sterns, 11 January 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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