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	20-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quixotic [ kwik-SOT-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or of don quixote 2. romantic or chivalrous 3. impractical 4. unpredictable, rash or impulsive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His quixotic nature often got him in trouble.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, the suggestion that we should be aiming at Dutch participation rates in cycling by the over 60s is just quixotic. The Herald, Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy, February 27 2008   disavowal [ dis-uh-VOU-uh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   to deny knowledge of, association with, or responsibility for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His claims of disavowal regarding the money laundering were not believed by the court.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Democrats accused the administration of secretly reversing its public 2004 disavowal of the use of torture, but the White House said the documents were consistent with that pledge. CNN, Top GOP senator: Attorney general nomination 'at risk', October 31, 2007   homiletics [ hom-uh'-let-iks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the skill of sermonizing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was taught homiletics as a part of his degree course.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What is true in the field of education, linguistics, ethnomusicology, marching bands, psychology and culture is also true in the field of homiletics, hermeneutics, biblical studies, black sacred music and black worship. CNN, Transcript of Jeremiah Wright's speech to NAACP, 28 April 2008   decomposition [ dee-kom-puh'-ZISH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the decay of organic material 2. disintegration or breaking down into constituents   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stench was caused by the decomposition of dead cattle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It was found that during decomposition, the golf balls dissolved to release a high quantity of heavy metals. CNN, Golf balls: 'Humanity's signature litter', Christina Macfarlane, 10 November 2009.   pomposity [ pom-POS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being lofty or pretentious 2. ceremonious and stately display of dignity 3. loftiness of language or behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   None of the villagers were impressed by the pomposity of the minister as he had not kept his election promises.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Locating himself in the older-brother character (played by "Roger Dodger's" excellent Jesse Eisenberg) who, in his teenage unhappiness, mimics his father's pomposity and blames his unfaithful mother, Baumbach lets no one off the hook, least of all himself. CNN, EW review: 'In Her Shoes' flat-footed, isa Schwarzbaum, 7 October 2005.   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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