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	03-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lugubrious [ loo-GOO-bree-uh' s, -GYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   sad, gloomy or mournful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A lugubrious cloud seemed to settle over the mansion with solemn faces being visible everywhere.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite its lugubrious title which reflects India's place in the football arena today, this book of essay is not a long lament. THE TIMESOF INDIA, Fish, football and Saddam Hussein, 1 Jul 2006   defalcate [ di-FAL-keyt, -FAWL- ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   to be engaged in the misuse of funds; embezzlement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The man was arrested on charges of defalcating the charity funds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   CBI has started a preliminary investigation into the much-talked about scam in the Danapur DRM's office in which vested interests defalcated a huge amount. The Times of India, CBI begins probe into railway scam, Kumod Verma, TNN, 1 Jan 2009   unhinged [ uhn-HINJD ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. to remove from hinges or remove the hinges from 2. unsettled or unbalanced; deranged   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unhinged old woman muttered to herself incessantly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A number of business deals have come unhinged in recent weeks as the cost of borrowing money has risen due to problems in the US housing market. BBC, US sub-prime crisis hits Algeria, 26 November 2007   insurmountable [ in-ser-MOUN-tuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. insuperable or that which cannot be surpassed or overcome 2. impossible to pass over or conquer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles by determination and hard work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Brown told the BBC the barriers were "huge" but "not insurmountable". BBC, Copenhagen climate deal 'faces problems' - Gordon Brown, 16 December 2009.   augment [ v. awg-MENT; n. AWG-ment ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to enlarge or make greater in size, strength or number 2. (tr. v.) to increase 3. (tr. v.) to add an augment to in linguistics 4. (intr. v.) to become larger 5.(n.) the prefixation or lengthening of the initial vowel which accompanies a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The body builder augmented the size of his muscles by taking steroids.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Energy supplies will be augmented by solar thermal panels as well as photovoltaics, while all the interior spaces will be air-conditioned using a low-energy, sea-cooled refrigeration system, the designers said. CNN, Norman Foster designs Monaco's new yacht club, 20 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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