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	16-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists probity [ PROH-bi-tee, PROB-i- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   honesty, fidelity or integrity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His probity was never in question but his actions seemed suspicious.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Begich touts his own probity, giving links to dozens of financial-disclosure reports on his website. The Economist, The challenger, Sep 4th 2008   bumptious [ BUHMP-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. crudely or loudly assertive; pushy 2. offensively self-conceited   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bumptious fool often spoke without thinking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Playing the part with a convincing mixture of bumptious charm and desperate vulnerability, Steve Coogan is a pretty good character actor if you can ever forget that this is Steve Coogan. Telegraph, Credit-crunch television that waves goodbye to greed, By Stephen Pile, 12 Dec 2008   gush [ guhsh ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.)to flow with force 2. (intr.v.) to convey with exaggerated feeling 3. (n.) a sudden abundant outflow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The water gushed over the temporary dam made of sacks of sand and logs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tenants attack a housing association's response after recent flash floods gush through their homes. BBC, Residents unhappy at flood relief, 20 August 2004   diatribe [ DAHY-uh'-trahyb ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. bitter criticism 2. a harsh, abusive denunciation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The journalist's diatribes against the municipal commissioner seem to be evoking some response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   AS President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief advisor on media and the arts, Mahdi Kalhor is famous for his diatribes against the pernicious influence of Western "cultural saboteurs". The Telegraph, A tale of modern Iran: a young woman's flight from her father, Alan Brown, 25 October 2009.   rudimentary [ roo-duh'-MEN-tuh'-ree, -tree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. the first principle or relating to basic facts 2. elementary 3. undeveloped or being in an early stage of development   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although the driver had a rudimentary knowledge of motor mechanics, he was not able to detect the fault and get the car started.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Paul Bloom, the professor of psychology who heads the study team, said: "A growing body of evidence ... suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life. The Telegraph, Six-month-old babies 'can tell right from wrong', Heidi Blake, 9 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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