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	23-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists preponderance [ pri-PON-der-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   supremacy in terms of power, strength, number or quantity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The preponderance of dynastic rule often continues unchallenged.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I think the preponderance of data now does suggest this is a class effect," he said. abc News, Long-Term Study Confirms Vioxx Heart Risks, By Julie Steenhuysen, October 13, 2008   hamper [ HAM-per ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to hinder, impede or curb 2. (n.) equipment on a ship that hinders despite being necessary 3. (n.) a large basket that usually has a cover   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager made it clear that all factors that hamper productivity must be dealt with.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Grampian Joint Police Board has criticised the consultation process and is concerned the move will hamper investigations in the north east. BBC, Lab closure 'could hamper police' , 20 November 2008   indigence [ IN-di-juh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being in poverty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wasteful lifestyle lead him to his current state of indigence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The hope was that a few would find their imagination sparked and would break away from the indigence into which they had been born. BBC, What slum children can teach us, Kaushik Basu, 19 January 2006, accessed 28 August 2009.   intangible [ in-TAN-juh'-buh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not able to perceive with the senses 2. (adj.) not clearly defined or unclear to the mind 3. (adj.) existing only in connection with something else- of an asset 4. (n.) something that cannot be realized or properly evaluated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He never did amount to much as his ideas and aspirations were intangible.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The term "love" is intangible but you have to feel it for yourself first in order to be able to share it with someone else. BBC, Love, Mark Taylor, 12 January 2010.   importunate [ im-PAWR-chuh'-nit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being annoyingly persistent when soliciting 2. troublesome, pertinacious demands 3. annoying imploring or urgent pleading   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was on his way to the office when he was accosted by an importunate insurance salesman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He plied the lady with champagne and cajoled her with winks and nods into dismissing the host of importunate suitors jostling around her. The Telegraph, Brigadier Lord Vivian, 12 March 2004.   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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