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	06-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists moribund [ MAWR-uh'-buhnd, MOR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. in a near death condition 2. stagnant or inactive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The moribund civic administration was unable to cope with the humanitarian crisis arising from the unseasonal deluge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   India's government is trying to kick some life back into its moribund privatisation programme, listing 13 state-owned firms that it hopes to sell off early next year. BBC, India hopes for speedier sell-offs, 28 September, 2001   disport [ di-SPAWRT, -SPOHRT ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to display 2. (intr.v.) to divert oneself with some amusement 3. (n.) frolicsome diversion or amusement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children disported a variety of antics to the amusement of the onlookers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the prime minister disports himself on the tennis courts of Tuscany, he can draw comfort from the knowledge that rarely has a governing party been in such a strong position in the run-up to an election. Economist, Poll fever, Aug 17th 2000   complaisance [ kuh' m-PLEY-suh' ns, -zuh 'ns, KOM-pluh'-zans ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   affability, agreeableness or amiability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The complaisance of the head boy earned him popularity among his peers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The awful thought occurs to you that there was dignity in the struggle for workers' rights, but that complaisance may be a living death. Telegraph, Liverpool Biennial: 'Made Up', 22 September 2008   voracious [ vaw-RAY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ravenous or craving food in large quantities 2. eating large quantities of food 3. exceedingly eager to perform an activity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We hoped the food would be enough to satisfy the voracious appetites of the hungry children.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And if kids keep it up for long periods like your voracious reader, who sneaks in extra chapters with a flashlight under the covers, it can lead to intermittent blurred vision and headaches. CNN, Mama wasn't always right: 9 updated health rules, Anna Roufos, 11 September 2009.   cumulative [ KYOO-myuh'-luh'-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. increasing by successive additions 2. growing by the addition of successive parts or elements 3. pertaining to dividends or interest that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment at a later date   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cumulative effect of disbursements such as bonuses, increments and increases in the cost of raw materials pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By the end of that period the cumulative impact of Whitehall spending cuts will be £46 billion a year. The Telegraph, Budget 2010: Big cuts are inevitable – it's no time for timidity, 25 March 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. Principe
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