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	25-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists loathe [ lohth' ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to detest, despise or hate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She loathed people who criticised the teachings of her mentor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While the political leadership of the US would be loathe to accept, let alone invite international intervention, it will argue that some action by the world community might be the only way to undo the damage to the rule of law in America. University of Oxford, Session 3: Charter 88, Constitutionalism and the Law: The Assault On Constitutionalism: A Cautionary Tale David Fagelson, American University, Washington D.C   accouter [ uh'-KOO-ter ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to equip furnish or outfit esp. with military ammunition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The property was accoutered with a variety of celebrity paraphernalia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One look around neighboring Teton Mountain Lodge and you know that DesLauriers used his experience as a world ski traveler to accouter the place. CNN, Where Now: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, By Chris Solomon, March 19, 2004   knight-errant [ NAHYT-ER-uh' nt  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a wandering knight who travels in search of adventures so as to exhibit his military skill or chivalry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He travelled around the world seeking adventure just like a knight-errant of ancient times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 400th anniversary of the tale of an eccentric knight errant and his long-suffering squire Sancho Panza has also prompted a spate of new editions of the book. BBC, Don Quixote: A surreal success, 10 February 2005   toga [ TOH-guh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a loose one-piece outer garment worn by male citizens of Rome in ancient times 2. a ceremonial or professional gown or robe   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He wore a toga to the costume party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Senators were recognised by a toga with a broad purple stripe, while the equestrian wore a toga with a narrow purple stripe and a gold finger ring. BBC, Social Pecking Order in the Roman World, Dr Valerie Hope, 5 November 2009.   unsavory [ uh'n-SEY-vuh'-ree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not tasty or insipid 2. disagreeable or not appealing 3. distasteful or offensive 4. morally or socially objectionable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His most unpleasant memory was of his days at the orphanage, where unsavory gruel was the daily fare.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hibernian manager Alex McLeish was reluctant to comment on the unsavory incidents but felt that time-wasting by the United players had brought about their downfall. BBC, , Combe accused of attempted butt, 30 December, 2000.   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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