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	08-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists refractory [ ri-FRAK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) stubborn, unruly or obstinate 2. (adj.) unyielding or immune to treatment 3. (adj.) difficult to affect, corrode, fuse or reduce especially by means of temperature 4. (n.) something that is refractory and especially that is used in lining a furnace 5. (n.) a substance that has a high melting point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His refractory attitude caused him a lot of problems.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Since RCCs have a poor prognosis and are refractory to standard chemotherapy, there is a need to develop new therapies for kidney cancer," Giaccia said. abcNews, Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer, By Robert Preidt, July 8   haggard [ HAG-erd ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) gaunt, worn or exhausted appearance 2. (adj.) wild-looking or distraught 3. (adj.) intractable or untamed 4. (n.) an untamed, adult hawk that has been caught for training   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His haggard appearance was off putting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I'm really glad it's over, a tearful, haggard Mr Raja Petra said as he hugged his family and greeted supporters. BBC, Malaysia blogger's joy at release, 7 November 2008   holster [ hohl-ster ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a special holder in the form of a belt used to carry tools or a gun 2.(tr.v.) to put a gun in such a holder- holster the gun   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new holsters were made of the finest leather and had an adjustable belt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The move would be symbolic, however: the firearms must be unloaded and in a secure holster. The Telegraph, Priest invites parishioners to bring guns to church to celebrate Independence Day, Leonard Doyle, 5 June 2009   lineaments [ LIN-ee-uh'-muh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a feature of a figure considered with respect to the whole 2. distinctive characteristics 3. prominent features   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The witness claimed that the lineaments of the thief's countenance were deeply etched on his mind.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, while seismicity concentrates there, potentially active lineaments occur elsewhere. BBC, Italy at the mercy of fault lines, 31 October 2002.   notch [ noch ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a V-shaped cut or angular indentation 2. a pass or narrow opening between mountains 3. to make a cut on an object 4. to score or keep tally of by making cuts on the surface of an object   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Each of the notches on the butt of the sniper's rifle represented a kill.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Currently, Russian sovereign debt has a BBB rating, which is only three notches above junk-bond status. The Telegraph, Foreign cash waits in the wings as Russia launches its first Eurobond issue in 12 years, Clare Nuttall, 4 May 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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