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	27-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sloth [ slawth or, especially for 2, slohth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. laziness, indolence or an aversion to hard work 2. any of numerous sluggish, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, that possess long hooklike claws using which they hang upturned from branches of trees and that feed on buds, fruits, and leaves 3. a company or pack of bears   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sloth and a disposition to procrastinate caused him to lose his job.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the beach, the kids cavort with white-faced monkeys and snap numerous photos of sloths, iguanas and birds. CNN, Costa Rica adventures keep kids on the go, By Eileen Ogintz, August 25, 2008   gorge [ gawrj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a ravine or narrow passage or cleft that has rocky sides 2. (n.) one's gullet or throat 3. (tr.v.) to eat, stuff or devour food greedily 4. (intr.v.) to greedily consume food   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   This particular gorge was considered to be the deepest in the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hundreds of tourists filed out of tour buses, trains and other vehicles Thursday, destined to view the mile-deep gorge well known around the world. abcNews, Grand Canyon Celebrates 90th Year as National Park, By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Writer, February 27, 2009   vigilance [ VIJ-uh-luhns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. watchfulness or alertness 2. (pathology) insomnia   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mad-Eye Moody, a character in the Harry Potter series, always advised "constant vigilance" when defending oneself against one's adversaries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The new resolution requires states to "exercise vigilance" over the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to North Korea of small arms or light weapons. CNN, Defiant North Korea 'to weaponize plutonium', June 13, 2009   wade [ weyd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pass through with difficulty 2. (intr. v.) to walk through water 3. (intr. v.) to make one's way with difficulty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They waded through the murky water to get to the other side of the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Competitors, many of whom wear fancy dress, waded across the river bed to the far bank and back again. BBC, Hundreds get dirty for Maldon Mud Race, 27 December 2009   cohorts [ KOH-hawrt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a group of people or a company of soldiers 2. an associate 3. an accomplice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bandit and his cohorts were captured by the police.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Splitter has to be the favourite insult dealt out by tiny Marxist groupings to their former cohorts. BBC, Time to Jump Ship? Robin Sheeran, 8 December 2006.   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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