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	07-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists squalid [ SKWOL-id, SKWAW-lid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dirty, foul, filthy, wretched 2. sordid or morally degraded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The squalid conditions prevalent in the last century gave rise to many diseases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conditions in the cells were squalid and lacked decency BBC, Police cell condition 'squalid', 6 August 2008   maul [ mawl ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a hammer that is heavy and used to drive wedges or stakes 2. (tr.v.) to use or handle in a rough manner 3. (tr.v.) to batter, injure or rough up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A maul was used to drive the wooden stakes into the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A woman mauled by a chimpanzee two weeks ago has lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids and may be blind and suffering brain damage, hospital officials have said. Telegraph, Pet chimp attack: Victim lost hands and nose and may have brain damage, 04 Mar 2009   limp [ limp ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to walk unevenly by trying to avoid putting too much weight on one leg 2. (tr. v.) to proceed in a slow and uneven way 3. (n.) an uneven gait 4. (adj.) lacking firmness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He limped his way home after a car crashed into his left leg.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kim was left with a permanent limp from the incident, which was widely considered an assassination attempt. CNN, Former South Korean President Kim dies, 18 August 2009   disbar [ dis-BAHR ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to expel from the practice of law by official action 2. to debar or suspend from the legal profession   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They made an application to have the seedy lawyer disbarred.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Musharraf regime introduced several changes in election laws which disbar some of the prominent politicians including Mrs Bhutto and Mr Sharif. BBC, Pakistan's general election, 11 October 2002.   rapt [ rapt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being absorbed or deeply engrossed 2. enraptured or displayed with emotion 3. spiritually carried away to another plane of existence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The topic was so interesting that the students paid rapt attention to every word that was uttered by the lecturer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Coghlan, now 57, showed he had lost none of his charisma as he regaled the rapt audience with memories from his track career. BBC, Sergiu Ciobanu and Maria McCambridge clinch Omagh wins, 28 March 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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