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	01-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists protract [ proh-TRAKT, pruh'- ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to increase the time duration of, prolong or extend in space 2. to draw or plot to scale especially by making use of a protractor and a scale 3. (in terms of anatomy) to jut out or protrude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The course duration was protracted from 18 months to 24 months.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Under the agreement, signed after months of protracted debate, Mugabe retained his office. CNN, Zimbabwe power-share talks resume Wednesday, October 17, 2008   hibernal [ hahy-BUR-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   wintry or of or pertaining to the winter season   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hibernal season is unliveable in these parts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is also a major tourist centre with scores of ornithologists arriving here in the hibernal season. The Times of India, Govt sanctions aid for Keoladeo park, PJ Joychen, TNN, 17 Feb 2009   imperative [ im-per-uh'-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) Impossible to prevent or avoid 2. (adj.) having the authority to command 3. (n.) a responsibility 4. (n.) a command   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The political advisor said that it was imperative to take action during the window of opportunity or else they would have to switch to plan B.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is imperative for a new team of leadership to take over, clean house, and immediately restore accountability, which has been absent for too long. CNN, NYC rabbi resigns amid accusations about jail bar mitzvah, Jesse Solomon, 17 June 2009   conjecture [ kuh'n-JEK-cher ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a guess 2. (n.) a theory without sufficient evidence or proof 3. (tr. v.) to guess or infer from evidence that is inconclusive 4. (intr. v.) to make a guess   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was not clairvoyant though his predictions which were based on conjecture sometimes turned out to be true.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was much conjecture on Wednesday about how good sales at Marks & Spencer really were over Christmas. The Telegraph, Look past M&S's sales semantics, James Hall, 6 January 2010.   recourse [ REE-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-KAWRS, -KOHRS ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of resorting to a person or thing for help or protection 2. the right to collect from the endorser of a negotiable instrument in case of dishonour 3. the act or instance of turning to someone for aid or security   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since the manager dismissed him unjustly, his only recourse was to seek redress from a court of law.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The case alleges the violation of the right to judicial protection of the 233 members of the union because of the failure of the state to provide them with recourse to a wage law that was unlawfully enforced retroactively, the commission said. CNN, Human rights cases in Ecuador, Peru investigated, 2 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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