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	25-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sallow [ SAL-oh ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) a sickly, yellow shade or hue of yellow 2. (tr.v.) to cause something to become sallow 3. (n.) a broad-leaved willow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sallow skin indicated that he had been sick for a long time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The plants they really clobber include ash, hazel, and sallow. And it's characteristic of all woods with high deer densities that bramble gets heavily browsed. National Geographic, Deer Behind Britain's Great Bird Decline?, James Owen in the United Kingdom for National Geographic News, March 3, 2003   fortitude [ FAWR-ti-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   courage, patience, determination, firmness or the inner strength to combat adversity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fortitude displayed by the warriors in holding off the enemy was a sight to behold.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We showed some fortitude and thought 'no matter what happens we're going to get to the Grand Final'. BBC, Sinfield issues warning to Saints, 27 September 2008   indulgent [ in-DUHL-juh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   easy-going, kindly tolerant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had to curtail his indulgent behaviour during those hard times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A full account of the crisis would lay blame on interest rates kept too low for too long, poor supervision of lending and an excessively indulgent attitude towards financial innovation. The Telegraph, Ben Bernanke's version of history is incomplete, Edward Hadas, 24 August 2009, accessed 28 August 2009.   bohemian [ boh-HEE-mee-uh'n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a native of Bohemia 2. (n.) a person who lives and acts without regard for conventional standards 3. (adj.) pertaining to Bohemia, its people, or their language or the unconventional life of a Bohemian   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enjoyed roaming about the country and living a bohemian lifestyle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he first hit the big time in 1996, he rocked the biggest, fluffiest Afro this side of the '70s and evoked a distinctly bohemian vibe. CNN, Singer Maxwell finds his way back, Denise Quan, 14 December 2009.   defrock [ dee-FROK ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to unseat or deprive of ecclesiastical rank and privileges 2. to strip of a frock 3. to unseat or deprive of an honorary position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bishop defrocked the travelling preacher as he did not restrict his discourses to strict eclectically principles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A former vicar who was sacked and defrocked after a church court found him guilty of adultery has been denied permission to launch an appeal against the ecclesiastic ruling. BBC, Defrocked vicar refused appeal, 23 October 1998.   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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