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	11-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prudent [ PROOD-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cautious, discreet or frugal 2. sensible, judicious or reasonable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Investing money in the company was a prudent decision.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The new regulatory regime for pension funds is prompting both trustees and employers to make more prudent assumptions about their funds' liabilities, the Pensions Regulator has said. The Herald, Pension bodies warming to new funding regime, SIMON BAIN, September 27 2007   horde [ hawrd, hohrd ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group, swarm or crowd 2. (n.) a group, tribe or troop of nomads esp. those from Mongolia or Asia 3. (n.) a throng, swarm or pack of animals 4. (tr.v.) to collect, gather or form a horde   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a horde standing outside the shop waiting for it to open.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The annual gathering, however, which draws industry professionals, performers, media representatives and hordes of fans, had about 20,000 attendees. CNN, Cities scramble as business travel declines, By Jessica Ravitz, February 27, 2009   impervious [ im-pur-vee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not capable of making a way into 2. cannot be affected 3. immune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impervious walls of the castle could not be scaled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It should not be supposed, however, that such a wise body as Liverpool city council is impervious to certain objections. The Telegraph, Why pretend the past was cigarette-free? 13 August 2009   circumspect [ SUR-kuh'm-spekt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cautious or watchful and discreet 2. (adj.) mindful of the circumstances and consequences 3. (adj.) prudent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The confident trickster had never been caught because of his circumspect behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defense Secretary Robert Gates praises former President Reagan for being "circumspect" about putting American troops at risk. CNN, Gates on Regan foreign policy, 11 November 2009.   servitude [ SUR-vi-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the condition of being enslaved; bondage or a lack of personal freedom to do as one pleases 2. enforced labour as a punishment for criminals 3. the right to use someone's property   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer pleaded with the judge to assign the accused six months of community service instead of penal servitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He spoke about young girls trying to escape early marriage and domestic servitude. CNN, Idol giveth back, and Idol taketh away, 22 April 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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