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	07-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists propensity [ pruh'-PEN-si-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an innate tendency, preference or inclination   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His propensity to lie is becoming a bigger problem day by day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the High Court in Glasgow Lord Hodge told Harkins it was clear he had a "propensity for violence". BBC, Bouncer jailed for three assaults, 11 April 2007   blazon [ BLEY-zuh' n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to depict a coat of arms with proper form and colour 2. (tr.v.) to adorn or embellish showily 3. (n.) a coat of arms 4. (n.) ostentatious display   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Blazoned on his door was his coat of arms which read, 'S' Rioghal mo dhream'.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Blazoned day-by-day in the local media, it is the world's highest battlefield, with troops stationed higher than most North American, European or African mountains. CNN, Siachen: The world's highest cold war, By Nick Easen, September 17, 2003   dissemble [ di-SEM-buh' l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to disguise or conceal or hide behind a false appearance 2. (tr.v.) to feign or simulate 3. (intr.v.) to feign or hide behind a false appearance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The boisterous behaviour of the youth was dissembled by his innocent face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It should be apparent that a regime which would declare the election to be free and fair is precisely the sort to string us along in fruitless negotiations and dissemble about its current behavior and future aspirations. The Washington Post, Tongue-Tied on Tehran, Howard Kurtz, 16 June 2009   tanner [ TAN-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person employed to tan hides   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As a tanner, he did not earn much but at least he was employed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After the hair fibers were loosened, the tanners scraped them off with a knife. Wikipedia, Tanning, 17 December 2009.   poignancy [ POIN-yuh'n-see, POIN-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being very touching or profoundly moving 2. an emotional moment or event   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many viewers were moved to tears by the poignancy of the soap opera.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The rest of the book lacks the sweetness and poignancy of these first pages. CNN, Review: Laura Bush's 'Spoken from the Heart', Tina Jordan, 4 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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