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	15-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stilted [ STIL-tid ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) (architecture) having an arch begin at a distance above an impost 2. (adj.) stiff, formal or pompously dignified 3. (tr.v.) to raise or elevate on stilts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stilted platform was termed dangerous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For centuries the seminomadic Moken people have lived as hunter-gatherers, dwelling on boats or stilted dwellings along the coasts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. National Geographic, Sea Gypsies of Asia Boast "Incredible" Underwater Vision, by Brian Handwerk, May 14, 2004   insubordinate [ in-suh'-BAWR-dn-it ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) disobedient, defiant or rebellious to authority 2. (adj.) not lower 3. (n.) one who is defiant to authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The insubordinate behaviour displayed was shameful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the seminary Lustiger was later remembered as a stubborn and insubordinate student. Telegraph, Cardinal Lustiger, 08 Aug 2007   nexus [ NEK-suh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a link or connection 2. a series or group that is connected 3. the core or focus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They had a direct nexus to the underworld through the local goon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The vast corporate nexus of the oil, automobile, and petrochemical industries -- enabled by the military and political power of the American imperial state -- constitutes the system of addiction. CNN, The price of our oil addiction, By Michael Watts, November 10, 2008   pharisee [ FAR-uh'-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a member of an ancient Jewish sect that adhered to a strict interpretation and observance of the Mosaic law in its written and oral forms 2. a sanctimonious or self-righteous individual   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His holier-than-thou attitude earned him the title of Pharisee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These hypocritical newspaper Pharisees have had to give up attacking gay marriage and other arrangements, and so they turn their fire – as usual – on the eternal question of when it is right for women to have babies. The telegraph, Britain's oldest mother deserves congratulation not disapproval, Boris Johnson, 18 May 2009.   heyday [ HEY-dey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the stage of greatest achievement in one's life 2. prime 3. the period of greatest strength, popularity or success in one's life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He boasted that he won the inter-state middle-weight boxing championship in his heyday.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He relished such foibles, not only in politicians but also among colleagues in Fleet Street's bibulous heyday. The Telegraph, Alan Watkins, 9 May 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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