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	04-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ingrate [ IN-greyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a thankless, ungrateful person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His behaviour was likened to that of an ingrate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And should some commoner dare to disrespect him—fail to obey an order or bump into his sword—the samurai has the right (rarely invoked) to kill the ingrate on the spot. National Geographic, Japan's way of the worrior, By Tom O'Neill   expletive [ ek-spli-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a profane or exclamatory oath 2. (n.) a word or phrase that is used to fill out or balance a sentence without adding any meaning to it 3. (adj.) used or added to fill or balance out a sentence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Expletives are frowned upon in a politically correct world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reformed Hollywood badboy Mickey Rourke provided the only mild controversy of the night with a few expletives in his acceptance speech for the Best Actor award. CNN, 'Slumdog' scoops seven awards at wet BAFTAs, By Mairi Mackay,February 9, 2009   unilateral [ yoo-nuh'-LAT-er-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   relating to or involving only one side   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The threat to impose unilateral economic sanctions are pressure tactics used to coerce cooperation from unfriendly countries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Speaking at the G8, the prime minister made clear the government's position on maintaining Trident had not changed and he ruled out any unilateral cuts in either submarines or Britain's 160 warheads. BBC, PM suggests possible Trident cuts, 10 July 2009   brink [ bringk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the edge of land bordering water or of a steep place like a cliff 2. verge or a critical or crucial point of a situation beyond which either catastrophe or success results   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The two neighbouring countries were on the brink of war because their sovereigns were at loggerheads with each other.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the scene here in Macau was far from festive last year, when the financial crisis put the brakes on tourist dollars, suspended construction on several casino projects and forced the American gaming conglomerate to the brink of collapse. CNN, Las Vegas developer reshapes Macau, Eunice Yoon, 17 December 2009.   incontinent [ in-KON-tn-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unable to contain or lacking moderation 2. uncontrolled or unable to restrain 3. lacking normal voluntary control of natural functions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He invariably got into fist fights with the other boys because of his incontinent temper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna was the daughter of an Irish Protestant clergyman, a fanatical anti-Catholic who compiled her own edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, and who turned out an almost incontinent stream of novels The Telegraph, Alan Sillitoe wrote the first real roles for proles, Simon Heffer, 15 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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