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	10-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sobriquet [ SOH-bruh'-key, -ket, soh-bruh'-KEY, -KET; Fr. saw-br*ee-KE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an epithet or nickname   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He gained the sobriquet "the hawk" after his win in the race.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For their loyalty, the Pashtuns of eastern Afghanistan earned the sobriquet, "the kingmakers." National Geographic, Afghan Warlords Clash Over King's Return, Christian Science Monitor, January 31, 2002   idyllic [ ahy-DIL-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. related to or characteristic of an idyll 2. natural, simple, picturesque or pastoral 3. romantic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The idyllic setting was perfect for the wedding.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Each year, more than 2 million people visit the store in the idyllic town of Frankenmuth, Michigan. CNN, Five festive Christmas stores, By Jacque Wilson   volubility [ VOL-yuh'-buh'l-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   fluency or articulateness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The candidate wasn't hired due to his lack of volubility of the English language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When it was suggested that the phrase was out of favour before Mr Brown's last Washington visit, he and President Bush developed special relationship volubility, spouting the phrase six times in two minutes during their Rose Garden double act. The Telegraph, Just how special will the relationship between Barack Obama and Gordon Brown be? Tim Shipman, 1 March 2009   melancholy [ MEL-uh'n-kol-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) depression or a gloomy disposition 2. (n.) pensiveness 3. (adj.) affected by gloom or depression 2. (adj.) pensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He suffered from melancholy after the funeral of his best friend.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's an Edwardian fable about eternal cycles of regeneration and the restorative power of nature; melancholy and ill-health are exchanged for well-being and spiritual uplift. The Telegraph, The Secret Garden at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, review, Dominic Cavendish, 12 January 2010.   natty [ NAT-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. spruce or smartly dressed 2. having a neat and trim appearance 3. dapper   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the executives were dressed in natty dark business suits.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Chief Male Nurse was an ex-RAF man, still wearing his blazer with badge and a very natty cravat. BBC, In a mad world, Alan, 14 October 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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