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	03-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists indomitable [ in-DOM-i-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   invincible, unconquerable or unyielding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although the Soviet Union was virtually totally destroyed during World War II, the indomitable spirit of its people resurrected it to superpower status within a few decades.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Firhill side's ability to make life difficult for themselves remains unsurpassed, but the indomitable spirit which so often proves their saviour was evident in abundance again last night. The Herald, Partick Thistle 1 - 1 Livingston, MARTIN GREIG, February 13 2008   begrudge [ bi-GRUHJ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to feel envy, resentment or displeasure at another's possessions or good fortune 2. to concede allow or grant reluctantly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He begrudged the Patels their wealth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wallace, a generous-spirited man, comfortable with his own strengths and limits, didn't begrudge that. National Geographic, Alfred Russel Wallace, by David Quammen, December 2008   unfeigned [ uhn-FEYND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   sincere, genuine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many friends attended his funeral and expressed unfeigned grief.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The context had changed, and in a time of famine and drought, Christians had to respond – not out of guilt, but out of unfeigned love. University of Oxford, Sermon, the Revd Dr Sabina Alkire, 10 May 2009   longevity [ lon-JEV-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a long life 2. the duration of life or the length of a lifetime 3. the duration of service   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His death surprised the community as his family was famous for its longevity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The tiny European principality of Andorra seems to have discovered the secret of longevity. BBC, Andorra longevity, 15 October 2008.   cameo [ KAM-ee-oh  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone so that an underlying colour is exposed as the background for a low-relief design of another colour or a carved precious stone with two layers of colours 2. a gem or shell carved in relief, where the raised design and the background consist of layers of contrasting colours 3. a brief appearance of or a minor part played by a prominent actor in a single scene of a motion picture or a television play (called a cameo role)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cameos that she sold to the tourists were sculpted by her father.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Classically the designs carved onto cameo stones were either scenes of Greek or Roman mythology or portraits of rulers or important dignitaries. WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia, Cameo (carving).   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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