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	15-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists limpid [ LIM-pid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. transparent, crystal clear 2. lucid and simple 3. calm, serene or free of stress   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The limpid pool offered a clear view of the moss-covered bed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Her mad scene is notable for limpid phrasing and crystalline high notes but most of all for long stretches of otherworldly calm, punctuated by an outburst of deranged laughter and one gut-wrenching scream. abcNEWS, Review: Dessay Shines as 'Lucia' in San Francisco, By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press Writer, SAN FRANCISCO June 22, 2008   doddering [ dod-er-ing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   mentally or physically infirm with age; tottering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doddering, old fool was thought to be a madman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is the doddering uncle making rubbish gags at great embarrassment to mum and dad but a huge delight to the children. Telegraph, Basil Brush: The un-PC punchline that went boom boom, Bryony Gordon, 20 Mar 2008   kith and kin [ KIT uh'n kin  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   family and friends, acquaintances and relatives   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He went out into the world to seek his fortune leaving his kith and kin behind.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is natural to want your kith and kin to flourish and multiply. The Herald, Future imperfect, 28 July 2009   titillate [ TIT-l-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to tickle or excite 2. (tr. v.) to excite in a pleasurable way 3. (intr. v.) to excite someone in a pleasurable way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A group of people collected around him because they were titillated by his jokes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although bloody and ballsy, the violence resonates rather than titillates. BBC, Assault On Precinct 13, Stella Papamichael, 27 January 2005   oust [ oust ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to force out or eject from a position 2. to supplant or take someone's place by force 3. to dispossess or evict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The chairman could not be ousted as the shareholders gave him a vote of confidence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The protesters say the present government was installed illegally after Mr Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in 2006, and two subsequent allied governments were deposed by court action. BBC, Thai red-shirts splash blood in anti-government protest, 16 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. 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