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	10-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists querulous [ KWER-uh'-luh' s, KWER-yuh'- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. discontented or grumbling 2. peevish or complaining   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was admonished for her querulous nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But she had become, according to sources, very "querulous" by this time, asking for "all kinds of things". The Times of India, Taslima puts Pranab in a bind, Indrani Bagchi, TNN, 18 Feb 2008   desideratum [ di-sid-uh'-REY-tuh' m, -RAH-, -zid- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   something that is highly desired or considered essential   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The commonplace desideratum of any work of fiction is to keep the reader glued to the novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The real desiderata are device specifications, the device-specific machine language that allows communication between driver software and device. CNN, Where are the Linux drivers?, by Eileen Cohen, March 9, 2000   deviance [ DEE-vee-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   aberration or deviant behaviour or state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Guidance counsellors look out for deviance in the behaviour patterns of school children.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Of course we need to punish for deviance but what do we do with these women when they come back - if they are not well integrated then we find ourselves looking at repeat offenders. BBC, Hard return for Jamaica drugs mule, Lucy Ash, 19 January 2006   caulk(calk) [ kawk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make airtight or watertight by filling seams or sealing 2. (intr. v.) to apply a waterproof material to crevices 3. (n.) the material used to seal crevices   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The seam between the window frame and the wall had to be caulked to prevent the rain water from seeping into the room.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Surround the joint where wood meets concrete with silicone caulk to seal out moisture that could cause the post to rot. CNN, Features to transform your backyard, Kathryn Keller, 1 May 2008.   atrocity [ uh-TROS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality or state of being shocking or horrifying 2. an extremely evil or cruel act or behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many officers from the German army were executed by a military court after being found guilty of atrocities during the Second World War.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The worst atrocity was the massacre of as many as 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in the U.N.-protected town of Srebrenica in 1995, after the enclave was overrun by Bosnian Serb troops. CNN, Ex-prosecutor: Accused war criminals use trials to appeal to fringe, Tom Evans, 15 April 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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