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	12-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prognosis [ prog-NOH-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. diagnosis or forecast of what the probable outcome, especially that of a disease, may be 2. prophecy or prediction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prognosis was good and a complete recovery was predicted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With more global warming in store, researchers said, the prognosis is grim for the Arctic's so-called perennial sea ice, which is the ice that survives through the summer. National Geographic, Warming Oceans Contributed to Record Arctic Melt, Mason Inman, December 14, 2007   imponderable [ im-PON-der-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) that which can't be evaluated, measured or determined precisely 2. (n.) one that is imponderable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The imponderable nature of his theory gave rise to a lot of debate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scotland's big imponderable is how many of the country's 40,000 banking staff will lose their jobs. BBC, Recession around the UK, 23 January 2009   impudent [ im-pyuh'-duh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. impertinent 2. brazenly disrespectful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His impudent answers angered his teacher.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The world campaign against Germany in respect of the Jewish affair is an impudent speculation on our fear or on our world-famous sentimental soft-heartedness. The Telegraph, Dr. Goebbels denounces jokes and cynicism - Nov 27, 1938, 27 November 2008   motif [ moh-TEEF  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a recurrent theme in an artistic or literary work 2. a distinctive and recurring shape appearing in a design 3. a dominant concept, feature or central idea   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The decorative motif on the curtains was very eye-catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Journalists shown around the compound earlier this week noted cushions emblazoned with diamante skulls, and walls decorated with a flame motif. BBC, Celebrity Big Brother finale could star Pamela Anderson, 3 January 2010.   convoluted [ KON-vuh'-loo-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. twisted, curved or having tortuous windings 2. intricately involved or complicated 3. having many overlapping twists, coils or folds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their team was the last to complete the project because the team members were unable to understand the logic behind their leader's convoluted reasoning.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is particularly handy for simplifying convoluted legal terms and for providing context for the definitions. BBC, filmmaking guide.   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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