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	26-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists simper [ SIM-per ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to grin or smile in a coy or silly manner 2. (tr.v.) to express or say by grinning coyly 3. (n.) a coy, shy or silly grin or smile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She simpered and tried to gain his attention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lib Dem Nicol Stephen summons a soppy simper on his wistful, wee-boy phizzer. BBC, Beware those smiling politicians, By Robert McNeil, 30 April 2007   inopportune [ in-op-er-TOON, -TYOON ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   ill-timed, unsuitable, inappropriate or untimely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Policies implemented at an inopportune time almost always fail.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They're also addictive for some users, who are prone to sending e-mail in the middle of family dinners and other inopportune occasions. CNN, Analysis: 8 ways to prepare for mobile usage, By Dan Gillmor, January 28, 2002   lurk [ lurk ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to waylay 2. to move sneakily 3. to be present without being seen 4. to read but not be an active participant in the conversation of an online discussion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The poor girl did not know that danger was lurking just around the corner.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No retailer or supplier can ignore it – and competition – that lurks in those markets. The Telegraph, Tesco boss warns on increase in joblessness, Rowena Mason, 11 June 2009   occident [ OK-si-duh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the west or western regions 2. the Western Hemisphere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After he completed a tour of the Occident he decided to write a book about his travels.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were plenty of vacant seats for this Prom – a three-hour stretch that looked at musical links between the Orient and Occident. The Telegraph, BBC Proms 2009: Prom 10 - Orchestre National de Lyon/Markl, review, Geoffrey Norris, 27 July 2009.   hereafter [ heer-AF-ter, -AHF ]   [ noun, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the future 2. (n.) an existence after death 3. (adv.) from now on or at some future time 4. (adv.) in the next life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since the exams were approaching the teacher announced that hereafter, all her students would have to study for an extra hour after school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any human soul here or hereafter. BBC, Beliefs, 9 September 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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