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	30-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists recreant [ REK-ree-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cowardly, gutless or craven 2. (adj.) unfaithful, treacherous or traitorous 3. (n.) one who is cowardly or gutless 4. (n.) a deserter, traitor, renegade or unfaithful person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Recreant acts can cause an army to lose the battle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the jobs of the prefects at my school was to summon the junior boys to be thrashed; and I remember being appalled to listen to the blubbing pleas of some recreant, as he was given 12 strokes. Telegraph, Our teachers are defenceless in class, By Boris Johnson, 12/02/2004   immolate [ IM-uh'-leyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to sacrifice or kill in order to sacrifice 2. to destroy by means of fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was immolated as a show of regaining respect for the clan.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The following year two students, Jan Palach and Jan Zajic, immolated themselves at the foot of the National Museum in Wenceslas Square in protest at the continuing Soviet occupation. Telegraph, Trial and terror in a by-gone Prague, 01 Oct 2007   husk [ huhsk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds 2. the worthless part   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The husks of rice were collected as they made excellent fodder for cattle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Extracted from the germ and inner husk of rice, this oil's very high smoke point (254°C) makes it suitable for high-temperature cooking. The Telegraph, The rapeseed revolution, Lydia Bell, 1 June 2009   queer [ kweer ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unconventional or strange 2. (adj.) feeling faint or unwell 3. (adj.) of a questionable character or shady 4. (tr. v.) to ruin or jeopardize   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mother had some queer notions about appropriate behaviour at a birthday party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Having been a naval officer, he became a prep school master and a journalist, and developed a passion for "queer and unusual pets". The Telegaph, The Defence of the Realm: the Authorised History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew, Simon Heffer, 16 October 2009.   dispirited [ dih-SPIR-i-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. discouraged or disheartened 2. gloomy or depressed 3. dejected   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children were dispirited when they realized that their class picnic had been cancelled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some black leaders are charging that the nation's first African-American president has failed to help black communities hit hard by the downturn, leaving party strategists worried that black Democrats will become dispirited and skip November's congressional elections. CNN, POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Alison Harding, March 17, 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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