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	22-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists subterfuge [ SUHB-ter-fyooj ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. deception or trickery used to evade or conceal situations 2. a device or stratagem that is deceptive in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Subterfuge had to be employed to continue maintaining friendly relations with neighbouring countries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the country's only museum dedicated to the art of subterfuge and spycraft; see everything from James Bond's Aston Martin to storage devices for cyanide. National Geographic, Best of Washington, D.C.: Must-Dos   melee [ MEY-ley, mey-LEY, MEL-ey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a chaotic or confused brawl or struggle 2. turmoil or confusion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The melee left many people injured.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This was the melee tournament - a brutal free-for-all with few rules - designed very much as a preparation for war. BBC, Brutal reality of the tournament, By Dominic Sutherland BBC Timewatch, 18 January 2008   obtrusive [ uh'b-TROO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. brash, impertinent or forward in conduct 2. protruding, thrusting out or projecting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her obtrusive disposition often led her colleagues to detest her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   U.S. officials have long talked of the need to make the Army less visible and less obtrusive, particularly in the capital. CNN, Document appears to seek al Qaeda help in Iraq, February 10, 2004   amorphous [ uh'-MAWR-fuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having no definite form or specific shape 2. of no particular type   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everything had burned to the ground and all that was left was some amorphous objects in the ashes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's a rather amorphous discussion, in which the politicians can raise almost anything which takes their fancy. BBC, Keeping Craigavon Safe, Mark Devenport, 16 June 2009.   summation [ suh-MEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a review of previously stated facts or a recapitulation of what happened 2. the final arguments by both opposing lawyers before the jury passes a decision on a case 3. a total or aggregate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The defence lawyer's summation was so convincing that the jury could not reach a consensus for a verdict of "guilty."   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His remarks are a neat summation of the pressures and temptations that lead politicians to shift their positions during the process of running for office. BBC, US candidates practise their U-turns, Max Deveson, 5 July 2008.   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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