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	18-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists renege [ ri-NIG, -NEG, -NEEG ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to break rules when playing cards by not playing a card of the same suit as the previous player even when one is able to 2. (intr. v.) to fail to keep one's word or promise 3. (tr. v.) (archaic) to disown or deny 4. (n.) an instance of someone reneging   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The accused had reneged on his promise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Specialist contractors in the housebuilding industry stand to lose millions of pounds as a result of illegal attempts by major building companies to renege on their contracts. The Herald, Builders attempt to renege on contract prices, ALAN MACDERMID, March 10 2008   hale [ heyl ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) healthy, sound or free from disease 2. (tr.v.) to haul, drag or forcibly pull 3. (tr.v.) to compel or force someone to go   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was hale and hearty all through his life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These could be the people who remain hale and hearty into old age even in spite of smoking, drinking, using sunbeds of having a poor diet. Telegraph, Genes explain why some drinkers and smokers die young, while others escape, By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent, 18 Jan 2009   volatile [ VOL-uh-tahyl ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a tendency to get vaporised easily 2. (adj.) explosive or easily aroused 3. (adj.) fickle or ephemeral 4. (n.) a substance that is volatile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His apology assuaged a potentially volatile situation in the office.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Helmand is considered one of the most volatile regions in the war in Afghanistan. CNN, Reporter's notebook: Afghans skeptical of U.S. offensive, By Atia Abawi CNN, July 17, 2009   colloquy [ KOL-uh'-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a formal exchange of conversation 2. a conference or dialogue 3. a discussion between the judge and the defendant during a hearing to ascertain whether the defendant understands the court proceedings and his or her rights   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The colloquy between the CEO and a director was tabled during the meeting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was, however, one important actor missing at yesterday's colloquy: Gibraltar refuses to take part in the Brussels process because it has not been granted an independent voice or a power of veto. The Telegraqph, Stand by the Rock, 21 November 2001.   troth [ trawth, trohth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. faithfulness, fidelity or a pledge of fidelity 2. truth or verity 3. a person's promise 4. to pledge or betroth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his troth to marry her on his return from the crusade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But no sooner did the Democrats start measuring the White House for curtains than the Republicans had their convention, where Bush plighted his troth. CNN, Voters are a fickle lot, Bill Schneider, 16 May 2000.   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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