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	24-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prattle [ PRAT-l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to talk or chatter in silly, childish manner 2. (tr. v.) to chatter, speak childishly or babble 3. (n.) silly talk or a chattering sound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She prattled till they asked her to stop talking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We prattle about the beautiful scenery, the warm hospitality shown by everyone we meet and the progress the Kurds are making in rebuilding their nation. The Economist, Mountains and waterfalls, Jul 11th 2008   factious [ FAK-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. seditious, dissentious or causing faction 2. related or pertaining to or characterized by faction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his factious nature which infuriated his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1997 many observers were astonished that a man with so little experience in the Politburo and with no military background could be chosen by Mr Deng and his fellow veterans to lead such a factious party. BBC, Analysis: Jiang's day of glory, By the BBC's Chinese Affairs Analyst James Miles in Beijing, 1 October, 1999   impiety [ im-pahy-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a display of disrespect for God 2. an act of irreverence for sacred items   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A hundred years ago, his act of impiety would have resulted in him being flogged publicly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Charged with impiety and corrupting the young, the Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the judges of democratic Athens in 399 BC. The Telegraph, The epitome of Socratic ambivalence, Duncan Fallowell, 9 August 2007   lap [ lap ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the upper portion of the thighs of a seated person 2. (n.) the slap of water against something 3. (n.) a complete length or round or circuit of a course 4. (n.) the act of taking in liquid with the tongue 5. (tr. v.) to take in liquid by lifting it with the tongue 6. (tr. v.) to wash against with a slapping sound 7. (intr. v.) to lie on or over a part or form a fold 8. (intr. v.) to enfold   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The child sat quietly on her mother's lap while the other children played in the garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The world champion Formula One driver was due to film an attempt to break the record for a lap on the popular BBC programme's track next week. The Telegraph, Lewis Hamilton's Top Gear lap attempt 'delayed by rain', John Bingham, 31 July 2009.   prance [ prans, prahns ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to dance or move in a lively manner 2. (intr. v.) to move about spiritedly or spring from the hind legs (of a horse) 3. (tr. v.) to cause a horse to spring from the hind legs or move about spiritedly 4. (tr. v.) the act of instance of a horse moving about spiritedly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She won the first prise at the equestrian meet as her mount pranced to the music in perfect time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a kind of mouth-watering tango, he pranced past the boisterous tables of customers, holding a raw slab of beef on butcher's paper like a tray of drinks. CNN, Tuning in to tasty Italy, Rick Steves, 31 August 2009.   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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