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	12-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sagacious [ suh'-GEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   shrewd, wise, farsighted or having an acute judgement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was considered to be a sagacious old lady.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sagacious judgements to bring say, a sensible backpack for touristy wandering give way to a vague recollection of an SAS technique for making a suitable carrier out of discarded clothing. BBC, Venice: By the Sleepy lagoon, 08 September, 2004   mayhem [ MEY-hem, mey-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (law) an offence or crime of physically crippling, severely injuring or maiming another person 2. deliberate and needless destruction or violence 3. a state of chaos or random disorder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mayhem resulted as people panicked and ran helter skelter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Alan Barlow said he told Strathclyde Police a mob of youths was causing mayhem in his street in Craigend, Glasgow, at about 0300 GMT on Saturday. BBC, Attacked man rues police response, 11 March 2009   insensible [ in-SEN-suh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not capable of being emotional 2. without physical feeling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The officer was too insensible to understand the plight of his secretary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If people drink themselves insensible they alone must bear responsibility for the consequences. BBC, Teenage murderer jailed for life, 25 June 2009.   hireling [ HAHY-uh'r-ling ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who works only for cash 2. (adj.) serving for cash only 3. (adj.) mercenary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He sent his hirelings to threaten the poor farmers with violence if they sold their produce to anyone else.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It happens whenever any public officer who has stolen enough money to pay hirelings is brought to court. BBC, African view: Loves lost, 13 November 2009.   unwieldy [ uhn-WEEL-dee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not easily handled or managed due to awkward shape, size or weight 2. unmanageable due to complexity 3. clumsy or ungainly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Two porters were required to carry the unwieldy package and load it onto the truck.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the same time he was developing an interest in computers – which were in those days unwieldy machines available almost exclusively at universities. The Telegraph, Ed Roberts, 2 April 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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