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	23-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prodigal [ PROD-i-guh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) extravagance, a wasteful luxuriant or spendthrift 2. (adj.) extravagant, wasteful or lavish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prodigal heir to the Duchy of Brentword was famous for his debts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now the folks from whom we borrowed to buy all that oil and all those cars, electronics and clothes are coming to buy the country we inherited. We are prodigal sons, and the day of reckoning approaches. Chronicles magzine, Subprime Nation, by Patrick J. Buchanan   dishabille [ dis-uh-BEEL, -BEE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being dressed partially or in a careless, disorderly manner 2. a deliberately careless manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A lot of people were in a state of dishabille as they ran out of the burning building.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   First there was Betty Boop, whose innocent wide eyes were somewhat at odds with her perpetual states of delightful dishabille. Telegraph, Thursday's TV and radio highlights, By Tessa Gibbs, Simon Horsford and Gillian Reynolds, 10 Dec 2008   impetuous [ im-pech-oo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. of or relating to impulsive action 2. acting without giving much thought to 3. with violent motion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager's impetuous actions resulted in the company suffering a loss.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Delaware senator, introduced Saturday as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate, has a well-earned reputation for impetuous and brutally honest remarks. CNN, Biden is experienced and, sometimes, too frank, 23 August 2008   vernacular [ ver-NAK-yuh'-ler ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the native language of a region 2. (n.) the vocabulary peculiar to a certain class or profession 3. (n.) any medium of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles 4. (adj.) expressed or written in the native language of a region 5. (adj.) using plain, everyday, ordinary language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vernacular students found it difficult to communicate with the others in their class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He also popularized the phrase "Crikey!" that has now become part of the Australian vernacular. CNN, Meeting the Irwins: Life after the 'Crocodile Hunter', Anna Coren, 9 December 2009.   galvanic [ gal-VAN-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to direct-current electricity or caused by an electric current 2. producing electric current 3. energizing or stimulating 4. shocking or startling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old ham radio transceiver worked on direct-current and was powered by a couple of galvanic cells.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In order to get her legs moving and her eyelids open, she was given warm showers and galvanic baths. BBC, Great Ormond Street's Victorian patients, Jane Elliott, 20 September 2008.   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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