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	31-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sinecure [ SAHY-ni-kyoo' r, SIN-i- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a job or position that provides a high salary but requires minimal or no work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He loved his job as it was a sinecure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Before that she resigned a State sinecure, protesting the "lack of ethics" of fellow Republican members, and went on to destroy the political careers of Randy Ruedrich, GOP State Chairman, and Gregg Renkes, a former Alaska Attorney General. Chronicles Magazine, Editors' Round Table on Sarah Palin: An Innocent Abroad, by Srdja Trifkovic   muffle [ MUHF-uh' l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to conceal by wrapping or enveloping 2. (tr.v.) to pad, wrap or envelop with something in order to stifle sound 3. (tr.v.) to stifle, suppress or repress 4. (n.) one that muffles 5. (n.) a sound that is muffled 6. (n.) an oven or kiln that heats without direct contact with fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sound of protest was muffled as a cloth was thrown over his head.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said she would stay to ensure a proposed super-inspectorate would not "muffle" inspection work. BBC, Prisons watchdog to stay in post, 28 June 2006   inveterate [ in-VET-er-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. habitual 2. set in the way of doing something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inveterate liar told lies for the most insignificant of reasons.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We especially like the inclusion of text explanations along the bottom, although, being inveterate nitpickers, we did detect some mistakes. CNN, Review: Solid picture, good price from Westinghouse TV, David Katzmaier, 23 August 2007   canto [ KAN-toh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one of the main or principal divisions of a long poem   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They recited the canto of 'The Three Preludes' for the talent competition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Such was the case with Canto Vital ("Song of Nature"), the almost hilariously signature piece that finished off the first half of his program at the Coliseum. The Telegraph, Carlos Acosta and Guests: London Coliseum, review, Mark Monahan, 24 July 2009.   accord [ uh-kawrd ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make agreeable 2. (tr. v.) to bestow upon or to grant 3. (tr. v.) to cause to agree 4. (intr. v.) to be in harmony or in agreement 5.(n.) the state of being n harmony 6. (n.) the act of being in agreement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The two countries had reached an accord on the exchange of prisoners of war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In April, dozens of international firms doing business in Russia signed an accord, pledging not to offer bribes. BBC, Bribery is 'awful problem' for Russia, Shuvalov says, 2 June 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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