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	11-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scurrilous [ SKUR-uh-luh s, SKUHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   foul, vulgar, indecent or obscene   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scurrilous behaviour displayed by the teenagers caused them to be arrested.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said Ms Lewsley had made "scurrilous and ill-informed allegations against the NASUWT". BBC, Union in legal threat to Lewsley, 20 October 2008   miscellany [ mi-SEL-uh'-nee; MIS-uh'-ley-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a collection of different things that are usually unrelated 2. a collection of writings on various topics or subjects in a single volume or book   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The first reprint of the miscellany of post modernist articles was a hit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Schott's Original Miscellany was last year's surprise bestseller even though it reached the bookshops just two weeks before Christmas. BBC, Publisher profits from trivia bestseller, 9 January, 2003   ingest [ in-JEST  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to eat 2. to consume   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After being starved for two days, the hungry prisoner ingested all he could lay his hands on.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As hens have no teeth they use flint grit that they ingest and hold in their crop to grind up their food. BBC, Nature Features, Laura Donovan, 5 September 2009.   implement [ n. IM-pluh'-muh'nt; v. IM-pluh'-ment ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instrument or tool or equipment 2. (n.) a means of or an agent 3. (v.) to carry out or perform 4. (v.) to put into effect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He went into town and bought the gardening implements that he needed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Joint Chiefs of Staff say they'll need time to implement changes if "don't ask, don't tell' is repealed. CNN, Pentagon preparing repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, 2 February 2010.   bereaved [ bih-REEVD ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) being greatly saddened at the death of a loved one 2. (adj.) grief-stricken or suffering the loss of a loved one 3. (n.) a person or persons who have lost a loved one (the bereaved)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the burial service, friends tried to comfort the bereaved family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In addition, the chaplaincy service available in all hospitals across Wales works within the wider patient support team to provide comfort and support to people who have been bereaved. BBC, Bereaved children 'not supported', 16 January 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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