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	19-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stultify [ STUHL-tuh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to impair, cripple or render ineffective 2. to cause to look stupid, ridiculous or foolish 3. (law) to prove one to be of unstable or unsound mind and, hence, not legally responsible for one's actions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thief was stultified after the policeman shot at his ankle when he tried to escape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kanter argued that large companies need to liberate their employees from stultifying hierarchies if they are going to be able to "dance" in the flexible, fast-changing future. Economist, Empowerment, Oct 27th 2008   muster [ MUHS-ter ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to summon, gather, call upon or assemble 2. (intr.v.) to assemble, collect, gather or come together 3. (n.) a gathering, assembling or collection 4. (n.) a roll, inventory or list   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He mustered courage and fell into the thick of the battle field.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Coalition-watchers will look first to see whether the PNV and its smaller allies can muster the 38 seats needed to retain power. BBC, Basque election race wide open, By Steve Kingstone BBC News, Bilbao, 27 February 2009   lavish [ LAV-ish ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) in large measure 2. (adj.) generous 3. (tr. v.) to offer very generously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enjoyed a lavish lifestyle throughout his life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thirty miles south of Prague is Konopiste Castle, the lavish residence of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. CNN, Beyond Prague: 3 fascinating day trips, Rick Stevens, 25 June 2009   nondescript [ non-di-SKRIPT ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having no distinctive qualities or describable features 2. (adj.) lacking individual character 3. (n.) a person or thing that is not of any particular type   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pick-pocket wore nondescript clothes so that he could blend in with the crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the original Swedish television series of Wallander, the police car was a nondescript Hyundai, doubtless indicative of the parlous state of the Swedish car industry. The Telegraph, Comparing the effects of the snow on attempts to travel to work, 7 January 2010.   draconian [ drey-KOH-nee-uh'n, druh ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. harsh, rigorous or unusually severe 2. characteristic of or pertaining to Draco or his code of laws   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elders say that society has become too easy going and permissive now that the draconian laws have been repealed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As one who helped to make racial profiling a national issue and who has in the last year visited Arizona several times to rally against these draconian immigration policies, I am calling for a coalition of civil rights organizations to work with those in Arizona to resist and overturn this state law. CNN, Hundreds protest immigration law in Arizona, 26 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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