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	15-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists potentate [ POHT-n-teyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a powerful personality who rules others, an emperor or sovereign 2. a dominant person, leader of a group or venture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Obama, a charismatic potentate, is renowned for his calm mannerisms   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The coastline of South Africa, stretching 1,740 miles (2,800 kilometers) from Mozambique to Namibia, is presided over by two great oceanic systems: a powerful current on one side of the continent and a strong upwelling on the other. Like potentates, they control what happens in their respective realms. National Geographic, Oceans of Plenty , By Kennedy Warne   engross [ en-GROHS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to absorb or completely occupy 2.to copy, transcribe or write in a clear, large hand 3. to monopolize, acquire, amass or collect the whole of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The author was engrossed in writing a synopsis of his new novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As we come towards the final stages of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, we are engrossed in the hype surrounding new world records and gold medals galore. BBC, Students reflect on the Olympics, By Lewis and Alex from Comberton Village College, South Cambridgeshire, 20 August 2008   gullible [ guhl-uh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   credulous, easily cheated, tricked or duped   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He promised his parents that he would protect his gullible sister from harm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some consumer watchdog groups say it's too simplistic to say that people are gullible. CNN, How I got taken by a work-at-home scam, John Blake, 7 January 2009   archaic [ ahr-KEY-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. marked by the characteristics of an ancient period or primitive 2. not current or applicable any longer 3. relating to words and language that were once in regular use but are now rarely used and are suggestive of an earlier style   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The town's council was in the process of doing away with the archaic rules of governance that were no longer relevant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people. CNN, Medvedev wants Russia to go hi-tech, Maxim Tkachenko, 12 November 2009.   dichotomy [ dahy-KOT-uh'-mee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. division into two contradictory parts or opinions 2. division into two mutually exclusive contradictory groups 3. subdivision into pairs of halves   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The judge was faced with the dichotomy of doing justice in the strict sense of the law or of being lenient in a deserving case.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Durban North reported just three murders over the same period - a dichotomy seen in all of South Africa's major cities with high-crime areas lying a stone's through from relatively safe upmarket neighbourhoods. The Telegraph, Shacks and shopping malls divide South Africa's murder capital, Griffin Shea, 1 March 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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