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	14-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists infallible [ in-FAL-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   perfect, unerring or reliable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pedant's observations were infallible just as his pedagogic skills were impeccable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's a need to get their stall in order before demanding payments in this way, as it would appear the system is not infallible. BBC, Call for direct debit safeguards, 31 March 2007   cruet [ KROO-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a glass bottle that is usually used to hold vinegar or oil 2. a small vessel that is used to hold holy water or wine for the eucharist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cruet was placed precariously on the table.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The development may lead to bar counters that take drinks to customers, or restaurant tables which automatically arrange cutlery, crockery and cruets into place settings. BBC, Table top tricks, By BBC News Online internet reporter Mark Ward, 6 October, 2000   jointure [ JOIN-cher  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. property set aside by a man for his wife which she may use for her livelihood after his death 2. an act, state or instance of being joined   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer explained to the grieving widow that her husband had left her the farm as jointure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The book starts by describing Burton Fire Brigade's humble beginnings of volunteer fire fighters and manual fire engines, and concludes with the brigade's jointure with Staffordshire in the more high-tech year of 1974. BBC, Sarah Williams, 2003   domicile [ DOM-uh'-sahyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) home or residence 2. (n.) a person's legal place of residence 3. (tr. v.) to set up in residence 4. (tr. v.) to set up with a temporary place to reside 5. (intr. v.) to dwell or reside   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His domicile was a beautiful estate in the south of France.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There are rules about discriminating against companies because of their domicile. BBC, Investment 'scandal' risk warning, Paul Lewis, 3 March 2007.   futile [ FYOOT-l, FYOO-tahyl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unsuccessful or incapable of producing any result 2. frivolous or unimportant 3. ineffective or useless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was so securely bound that struggling seemed futile.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has become clear that attempts to rally the people around the legacy of former Soviet leader Josef Stalin have not only failed but have provoked futile and pointless controversy. The Telegraph, The EU and Russia: where next? Fyodor Lukyanov, 4 May 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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