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	29-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists surmount [ ser-MOUNT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to exceed, overcome, conquer or prevail over 2. to rise to the top of 3. to furnish by placing something on top of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had surmounted many hardships to succeed in life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We have always trusted in ourselves to meet any challenge that required only our ingenuity and industry to surmount, the Arizona Republican said. CNN, McCain rejects 'big government' takeover of health care, April 28, 2008   nonplus [ non-PLUHS, NON-pluhs ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a state or condition of perplexity and confusion 2. (tr.v.) to bewilder, puzzle, perplex, confuse or put at a loss for words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His constant expression of nonplus was annoying to his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was nonplused when I asked him about the recent downturn in the president's popularity. CNN, GOP optimistic about Bush campaign, despite recent polls and criticism, From Judy Woodruff, July 29, 2004   misogynist [  mi-SOJ-uh'-nest  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who detests or hates women 2. (adj.) characterised by a feeling of hatred towards women   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He turned into a misogynist after his wife left him for another man.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suddenly Mitch is a raving misogynist who has wandered into this movie from the set of a Neil LaBute film. CNN, Review: 'Enough' is too much of a bad thing, Paul Clinton, 24 May 2002   deft [ deft ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. nimble 2. skillful and quick 3. adept   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sculptor chiseled away at the block of marble with deft strokes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The star of the day was Nishi Sheikh, who attracted the most attention with her electric blue dress and deft dance moves. BBC, Beauty pageant inspires India's transgenders, Prachi Pinglay, 30 January 2010.   extradition [ ek-struh'-DISH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the surrender of an alleged fugitive from justice by one state, nation, or authority to another 2. the legal surrender of an alleged fugitive to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The serial killer was trying to avoid extradition to a state which had the death penalty.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Their most recent claim was that prosecutors relied on "false statements" in seeking Polanski's extradition from Switzerland and had argued that releasing the sealed transcripts from testimony of one of the original prosecutors would prove their assertion. The Telegraph, Roman Polanski case: judge refuses to unseal 'false' testimony, 11 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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