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	09-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pungent [ PUHN-juh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having an irritating or acrid sensation 2. sharp, caustic or penetrating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pungent smell made every one ill.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With punch, as well as good timing, his new book, "Palace Council", takes on American politics at its most pungent and most powerful. The Economist, Stephen Carter's "Palace Council", Jun 19th 2008   extant [ EK-stuh' nt, ik-STANT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. in existence or not destroyed 2. conspicuous, protruding or standing out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was horrified to find out that the files were still extant when he had ordered them to be destroyed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This is the only extant female handwriting from Roman times, and probably the earliest surviving example in the world. Telegraph, Hadrian's Wall: A visitor's guide, Nick Trend, 19 Jul 2008   zealot [ ZEL-uh't ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a fanatic 2. a fervent and militant proponent of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When he denied that he was a zealot, his friends told him that he should live and let live.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Afghanistan's former Justice Minister is a religious zealot known for ruthlessly implementing the Taleban's strict laws. BBC, Profile: Nuruddin Turabi, 8 January 2002   corrugated [ KWAR-uh'-git-ed ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. shaped into alternating ridges and grooves in parallel format   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire consignment of watches was packed in a single corrugated cardboard carton.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The original settlers here lived under canvas while they constructed simple corrugated iron shacks, and each household was given a small plot for growing vegetables. BBC, Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi, 25 August 2009.   orthography [ awr-THOG-ruh'-fee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the art of correct spelling 2. the part of language study related to letters and spelling 3. the method of representing the sounds of a language by written symbols or spelling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A few proponents of orthography believe that homophones are unnecessary, as every word in the English language could have been given a unique spelling with corresponding pronunciation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Perhaps this is most obvious when an effort has been made to apply the convention of English orthography to represent a Welsh name. BBC, The English language and Welsh place names, 13 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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