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	28-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ostensible [ o-STEN-suh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apparent, appearing or representing 2. evident or obvious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ostensible differences between the coach and senior members of the team was the reason why the team did not perform well in the recent tournament.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   U.S. officials say they can't discern Iran's motivations, citing the closed nature of the regime and ostensible differences between the country's hardline Islamic religious leaders, its Revolutionary Guards and moderates. abc News, Analysis: US and Iran Appear on Collision Course, By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Writer, July 9, 2008   cardinal [ KAHR-dn-l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) chief, principal, paramount or of great importance 2. (adj.) having a vivid or bright red tinge 3. (n.) a rank among priests of the roman catholic church that is second only to the pope 4. (n.) a deep, vivid, bright and rich red colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is of cardinal significance to pay attention to one's mentors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To many observers, the big banks broke one of Wall Street's cardinal rules: Be greedy, but be greedy over the long term. abcNEWS, The Rise and (almost) Fall of America's Banks, by STEVENSON JACOBS and ERIN McCLAM, February 8, 2009   usufruct [ YOO-zoo'-fruhkt, -soo'-, YOOZ-yoo'-, YOOS- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the right of enjoying all the advantages of something belonging to another provided that the property itself is not injured in any way.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had to vacate and hand over possession of the farm land to the owner as the usufruct on the farm had come to an end.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The "earth belongs in usufruct [trust] to the living . . . [T]he dead have neither powers nor rights over it." Chronicles Magazine, Just One More Thing, William Quirk, 1 May 2009   hedonist [ HEED-n-ist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. anyone whose life is devoted to the pursuit of self-gratification and pleasure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He did not mind being referred to as a hedonist because the only thing that he was serious about was the enjoyment of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While artfully refashioning himself as a cosmopolitan hedonist, Coward was always something of a middle-class moralist. BBC, The Vortex: Press views, 11 December 2002.   capricious [ kuh'-PRISH-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. whimsical or subject to whim 2. erratic or impulsive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was never a dull moment during the absentminded and capricious science professor's class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The African National Congress in South Africa says a leaked report that accused the organisation of gross human rights abuses was capricious and arbitrary. BBC, World: Africa ANC rebutts allegations of gross abuses, 28 October 1998.   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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