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	30-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists solicitous [ suh'-LIS-i-tuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. displaying concern, anxiety or eagerness careful, cautious or meticulous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her solicitous behaviour was regarded as fake.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For reasons not entirely clear to me, Stark repairs to his home lab and, with the help of a robot more solicitous than Luke Skywalker's R2D2, improves upon his original metal suit, transforming it into a gleaming red and gold mannequin reminiscent of Hollywood's Oscar award. Chronicles Magazine, Wogs, by George McCartney   mountebank [ MOUN-tuh'-bangk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who, in a public place or from a platform, tells audiences stories and tricks them into buying quack medicines from himself or herself 2. (n.) a charlatan, boastful pretender or quack 3. (intr.v.) to operate, behave or act like a charlatan or mountebank   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mountebank was arrested by the police on charges of selling drugs without prescriptions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that this prince of mountebanks was also a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. Telegraph, John Brinkley, the goat-gland quack, Mike Dash, 16 Apr 2008   latent [ LEYT-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. existing but not able to be seen 2. an undeveloped stage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His latent talent came to light during the competition, much to the chagrin of his opponents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forget the football pitch – there's nothing quite like quarterly growth statistics to bring out the latent nationalism of Europeans. The Telegraph, Germany's rapid recovery might be a mirage, Jeremy Warner, 14 August 2009   opulence [ OP-yuh'-luh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. wealth 2. affluence 3. great abundance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In India, the name 'Ambani' is synonymous with untold wealth and opulence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Overlooking a dazzling swathe of white-sand beach, Le Royal Meridien Beach Hotel and Spa – to give it its grandiose full title – is a haven of classic opulence in the futuristic whirl of Dubai's marina development. Telegraph, Le Royal Meridien, Dubai, 25 Jan 2010.   imperil [ im-PER-uh'l ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to put at risk or endanger 2. to expose to danger   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He imperilled the financial stability of his company by embarking upon a major high risk venture which no other company was willing to undertake.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The British government says the IRA ceasefire has not broken down despite growing fears that incidents of violence in Northern Ireland could imperil last year's peace agreement. BBC, World: Europe Mowlam says IRA hasn't violated ceasefire, 26 August 1999.   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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