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	29-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists plethora [ PLETH-er-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a very large amount, superfluity or overabundance 2. an abnormality which is characterized by excessive blood in the circulatory system or in some organ or area of it   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was an enigmatic man with a plethora of achievements.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bedrooms, spread over two floors of a shuttered building, are compact, but well kept, air-conditioned, en-suite and jollied up by a plethora of paintings of traditional Spanish scenes. Telegraph, Madrid's best budget hotels, Fred Mawer, 23 Sep 2008   deducible [ di-du-ci-ble ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to infer from a general principle 2. to reach a conclusion from something known or assumed 3. to trace the course of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Applications to the theory are deducible only after understanding the theory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The approximate age of a lobster can be deduced from its weight. BBC, NY eatery frees ancient lobster, 10 January 2009   disproof [ dis-PROOF ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act or refuting 2. evidence that refutes or disproves   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The authenticity of the letter was a clear disproof to his statement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One storm or one flood in itself is not proof or disproof of global warming. CNN, No respite for flood victims, 2 November 2000   intrigue [ v. in-TREEG; n. in-TREEG, IN-treeg ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a scheme or the practice of secret underhand schemes 2. (intr. v.) to plot or engage in secret underhand schemes 3. (tr. v.) to effect by secretly plotting and scheming 4. (tr. v.) to arouse the curiosity of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost his job as he was unprepared for the intrigue of his co-workers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prelude to this match had more intrigue, plots and subplots than a week in Westminster. The Telegraph, Birmingham City 1 West Ham United 0: match report, Sandy Macaskill, 13 December 2009.   malaise [ ma-LEYZ, -muh-; Fr. mA-LEZ ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a condition of general weakness 2. a vague feeling of uneasiness 3. a feeling of depression or discomfort   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctor said that the malaise could develop into pneumonia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The current economic malaise is only likely to make worse the rate at which debt can be recovered. BBC, Benefit repayments 'must improve significantly', 17 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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