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	13-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inexorable [ in-EK-ser-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unyielding, relentless or unmoved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   China and India's inexorable rise as superpowers is being viewed with a strong sense of trepidation by many westerners.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western foes to thwart China's inexorable rise. The Economist, China's dash for freedom, Jul 31st 2008   ex officio [ EKS uh'-FISH-ee-oh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   (both the adjective and adverb forms mean the same) by means or virtue of one's position or office   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As ex officio president of the BCCI, he commanded respect.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While cultivating the foreign minister he scored a coup, as ex officio president of the British Club in Lisbon, by obtaining the resignation of two Rhodesian members after the rebel colony declared itself a republic. Telegraph, Sir Anthony Lambert, 05 Jun 2007   unflinching [ uhn-FLIN-ching ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   not showing fear or indecision; steadfast   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He performed his duties as the Mayor with unflinching dedication.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I wish to emphasize my unflinching commitment to the principle of secularism, which is the cornerstone of our nationhood and which is the key feature of our civilisational strength. BBC, Abdul Kalam urges drive against poverty, 25 July 2002   dilettante [ DIL-i-tahnt, dil-i-TAHNT, dil-i-TAHN-tey ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who dabbles superficially in an activity 2. (n.) anyone who takes up an art only for amusement 3. (n.) a connoisseur or a lover of a fine art or science 4. (adj.) amateurish or pertaining to amateurs   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His critics branded him a dilettante as he was unable to commit to a particular genre of writing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Henry's oldest son was something of a dilettante, with a puffed-up idea of his own abilities and importance. BBC, The Character and Legacy of Henry II, Dr Mike Ibeji, 5 November 2009.   reaper [ REE-per  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a machine for harvesting grain from the crop in the field 2. a person who harvests the grain or who cuts and gathers the crop   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government had provided the farmers with reapers at subsidized rates to help them to harvest their crops efficiently.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A much more sophisticated mechanical reaper was invented in 1831 by Robert Hall McCormick in Walnut Grove, Virginia, and patented by his son Cyrus McCormick in 1834 as a horse-drawn farm implement to cut small grain crops. WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia.   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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