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	26-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prodigious [ pruh'-DIJ-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. wonderful, amazing or marvellous 2. monstrous or huge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The steam engine was considered to be a prodigious invention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lessing's prodigious writing skills are all the more impressive since they are largely self-taught. CNN, Doris Lessing: Born into stories, By Fei Phoon and Mairi Mackay, August 11, 2008   coruscate [ KAWR-uh'-skeyt, KOR- ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to glitter, sparkle, shimmer or emit light in flashes 2. to have showy or sparkling style or virtuosity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jewellery was polished till it coruscated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The campaigning lawyer Colin Gonsalves, who runs the Delhi-based Human Rights Law Network, is coruscating in his criticism. BBC, Family anger over police killers, By Chris Morris, 17 October 2007   illicit [ i-lis-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unlawful improper or immoral   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The illicit trade was brought to a halt after the traders were arrested by the local policemen.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Opioid prescriptions have skyrocketed since the mid '90s and with this we have seen dramatic increases in illicit diversion of the drugs, addiction treatment admissions, emergency room visits for opioid overdoses and deaths. CNN, Commentary: Danger in your pill bottle, Marvin. D. Sepala, 12 August 2009   gild [ gild ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cover or coat with gold or gold colouring 2. (tr. v.) to impart a bright and pleasing effect to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the artist gilded the bust it looked like a solid gold statue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And while Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin have recently returned to the game at a more advanced age, they have done so on the back of careers gilded with triumph. Telegraph, Anne Keothavong aims to boost Britain's Fed Cup status, By Jinm White, 12 Jan 2010   monochromatic [ mon-uh'-kroh-MAT-ik, -oh-kruh' ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or having a single colour 2. having the ground hue and tones of one colour 3. pertaining to radiation of only one wavelength   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The roadside artist seemed to specialize in monochromatic artwork as all his paintings were done in shades of the same colour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It happened with "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," which featured host Regis Philbin sporting a monochromatic shirt-and-tie look. CNN, 'Mad Men' latest from Hollywood to influence fashion, Todd Leopold and Amy Zerba, 13 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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