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	21-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists simian [ SIM-ee-uh'n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of a monkey or an ape 2. (n.) a monkey, primate or ape   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His simian facial features made him stand out in a crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The marauding simian that gave residents of Kamakshipalya sleepless nights last week, attacked two more victims on Monday night: Anil Kumar, a youth who was sleeping outside his house in BDA Layout, was bit by the monkey in the thigh. The Times of India, Monkey business: Act III, 17 Mar 2004   mottled [ MOT-ld ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   spotted, blotched or streaked with different colours   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mottled locks were eye-catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Normally the combination of red and blue pigments in the shell of a live lobster creates a dark, mottled camouflage pattern that blends in with the ocean floor. BBC, Lobsters saved from boiling pot, 10 November 2008   intransigence [ in-TRAN-si-juh'n-se ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the act of being inflexible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His intransigence often got him into trouble with his employers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But Bill Schneider, a CNN senior political analyst, said that the intransigence could backfire on both parties. CNN, Partisan dispute divides Congress over energy legislation, Ted Barrett, 25 July 2008.   daze [ deyz ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to stun or stupefy 2. (tr. v.) to overwhelm 3. (n.) a state of bemusement 4. (n.) a state of shock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was dazed after the mugger hit him on the head.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "I am overwhelmed, I'm just in a daze, he said. BBC, Dream Alliance wins Welsh Grand National, Peter Shuttleworth , 28 December 2009.   spawn [ spawn ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the mass of eggs deposited aquatic animals 2. (n.) a brood or offspring in large numbers 3. (n.) a person who is the offspring of a parent 4. (n.) mycelia of mushrooms grown in specially prepared organic matter for food 5. (tr. v.) to produce in large numbers 6. (tr. v.) to produce or give rise to 7.(tr. v.) to plant with mycelia 8. (intr. v.) to deposit eggs in a mass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Salmons spawn in freshwater then return to the sea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forecasters warned that another round of severe weather may hit Oklahoma on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a storm system spawned multiple tornadoes that killed at least five people across the state. CNN, On the Radar: Tornadoes, oil safety, racial profiling, 11 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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