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	14-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists risque [ ri-SKEY; Fr. R*ees-KEY ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   improper, indecent or off-colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The risque remarks landed him in trouble.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Brand has built a career on his outlandish image and risque routines, but his calls to 78-year-old actor Andrew Sachs have sparked hundreds of complaints and drawn condemnation in Parliament. abc News, UK Media Watchdog Investigates Brand's Prank Calls, By JILL LAWLESS, October 28, 2008   influx [ IN-fluhks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coming or flowing in 2. mass inrush or arrival 3. a confluence of water bodies   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The influx of illegal immigrants should be stopped.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Obama announced Monday that cash-strapped state governments will see the first influx of federal stimulus-related assistance later this week. CNN, States to get first stimulus boost this week   intersperse [ in-ter-SPURS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. intermingle 2. arrange with spaces between   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lengthy television soap was, thankfully, interspersed with a number of advertisements from time to time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Intersperse general conversation with quotes from obscure texts. BBC, Back of Beyond, 10 January 2006.   precinct [ PREE-singkt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a police station 2. the regions that immediately surround a place 3. a district of a city under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by the police   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police precinct was evacuated due to a bomb scare.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Alexeyeva spoke to CNN briefly on the mobile phone as a police bus was carrying her and other detained protesters to a local police precinct. CNN, Moscow police disperse opposition rally, Maxim Tkachenko, 31 December 2009.   entomology [ en-tuh;-MOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the study of insects 2. the scientific study of insects 3. the branch of zoology dealing with insects   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Each student was supposed to bring an insect in a glass jar for his or her project on entomology.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A maggot became a key witness in a murder inquiry in Perth, Australia, in the latest breakthrough for forensic entomology - the science of using insects to crack criminal cases. BBC, Maggots help crack Perth murder mystery, 13 August 2003.   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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