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	16-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pugnacious [ puhg-NEY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   antagonistic or quarrelsome in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pugnacious little boy got into a lot of fights   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vettori the batsman then held fort for the visitors as he went unbeaten on a pugnacious 48 with number ten Jeetan Patel falling in the last over of the day for nought, leaving the tourists 90 runs behind. Telegraph, Bangladesh remain on top as Daniel Vettori attempts fightback, By Telegraph staff and agencies, 18 Oct 2008   foray [ FAWR-ey, FOR-ey ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a raid, plunder or pillage 2. (intr.v.) to pillage or plunder for spoils 3. (intr.v.) to make inroads as for adventure or profit 4. (tr.v.) to pillage, raid or plunder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a victim of ridicule because of his foray into politics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Google's latest foray into the cell phone market is seen by many as the beginnings of the Internet giant's attempts to dominate the industry. CNN, Google's newest Android prepares to battle Apple, Digital Biz ebruary 18, 2009   visceral [ VIS-er-uhl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. deep or affecting or felt in the viscera 2. unreasoning or instinctive 3. earthy or dealing with emotions that are crude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   I had a visceral feeling that my wish would come true, but it didn't.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sri Lanka declared victory in May in its 25-year battle with the Tamil Tiger rebels, but concerns remain about how the island nation can heal visceral war wounds. CNN, Calls for Sri Lanka to release displaced Tamil refugees, By Moni Basu CNN, August 18, 2009   eulogistic [ yoo-luh'-JIS-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. laudatory 2. pertaining to high praise 3. praise worthy or commendable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mayor delivered a eulogistic speech to welcome the soldiers who had returned home after the Vietnam war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result is that on most nights, the main news topic is a eulogistic account of Putin's latest activities, whether that be posing semi-naked on a fishing expedition or travelling to Teheran to lecture the Americans on the futility of launching military action against Iran. The Telegraph, Darkness is falling in Vladimir Putin's Russia, Con Coughlin, 3 November 2007.   waif [ weyf ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a street child or one with no home or friends 2. unclaimed property or a lost pet animal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old woman took pity on the hungry waif and bought him a burger.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I dined in some of the world's finest restaurants, something a waif, was not destined to do. BBC, WHERE AM I LIVING TONIGHT AUNTY, John, 22 November 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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