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	16-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists servile [ SUR-vil, -vahyl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a fawning or submissive attitude 2. of or pertaining to slaves or servants   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The servile adoration of the servant angered him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Enslaved workers are also employed as domestic servants, working in kitchens or subjected to servile marriages. abc NEWS, In Australia, bid to help trafficking victims, By Phil Mercer   inimitable [ i-NIM-i-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   matchless or not capable of being imitated or copied   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His inimitable spirit made him a unique leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Martin has captained England on a number of occasions, often in difficult circumstances, and he has always led the side from the front in his own inimitable fashion. CNN, Corry gives up international rugby, January 8, 2008   lumber [ LUHM-ber ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) logs of wood sawed into boards, planks, or other structural pieces 2. (n.) something of no use 3. (n.) an assortment of stored items 4. (tr v.) to fell trees and saw them into suitable pieces 5. (tr.v.) to make a disorderly mess of unused items 6. (intr.v.) to cut and prepare logs of wood for marketing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lumber cam from trees in the nearby forest area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In what had once been an isolated lumber and mill town, high-end restaurants and brewhouses opened. BBC, Economic crash in Oregon boomtown, Adam Brookes, 4 September 2009   nirvana [ nir-VAH-nuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a state characterized by freedom from pain, troubles and worries of the external world 2. salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma 3. an ideal condition of unworldly happiness or heavenly state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that nirvana was unattainable but there were others in his class who believed otherwise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those keen to adopt mindfulness training as a mere means to a happier life ignore the fact that the ideas Buddhists have traditionally wanted people to be mindful of are not necessarily comfortable ones, even if they ultimately lead the way to nirvana. The Telegraph, The miserable results of our quest for happiness, Julian Baggini, 13 January 2010.   construe [ v. kuh'n-STROO or, especially Brit., KON-stroo; n. KON-stroo ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to explain the meaning or intention of 2. (tr. v.) to interpret or deduce by inference 3. (tr. v.) to analyze the syntax of or to arrange syntactically words or phrases 4. (intr. v.) to be subject to grammatical analysis 5. (n.) an interpretation or translation 3.(n.) the act of explaining   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People construed that he was antisocial by the glowering look on his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A minute ago, you alluded to the fact that the new version of "The Truth" could conceivably be construed as a breakup ballad between two men. CNN, Kris Allen addresses controversy about 'The Truth', Michael Slezak, 6 May 2010.   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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