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	01-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists omnipresent [ om-nuh'-PREZ-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   present everywhere at the same time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   CP(I)M leader Sitaram Yechury seems to be omnipresent on all political talk shows.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That other Hawkins - real-life Kevin Hawkins, director-general of the British Retail Consortium - is the omnipresent voice of sweet commercial reason on the nation's high streets. The Herald, Hawkins tips ratesetters The Black Spot, Alf Young, October 9 2007   juxtapose [ JUHK-stuh'-pohz, juhk-stuh'-POHZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to place side by side especially in order to compare and contrast   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It would be interesting to juxtapose Mahendra Singh Dhoni's comments before the T20 World Cup with the Indian team's actual performance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The report is interesting to juxtapose with next week's announcement by Apple, which is expected to release its highly-anticipated second-generation iPhone, featuring 3G. Washington Post, Apple Ranks As Second-Largest U.S. Smartphone-Maker After RIM's BlackBerry: Report, Tricia Duryee, June 9, 2008   miff [ mif ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) ill-humour; in an irritable, disagreeable mood 2. (n.) a petty or trivial quarrel 3. (tr. v.) to offend or annoy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was miffed at not being invited to the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Southerners expecting to make an ally with someone who's going somewhere are going to be miffed. Chronicles Magazine, Huckabee's Confederate Flag Fraud, by Tim Manning   disparage [ di-SPAR-ij ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to reduce in rank or reputation; to bring reproach upon 2. to speak or treat invidiously; belittle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Uncouth TV comedians often disparage individuals and communities which is in very poor taste.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wit, pointed humor often consisting of observations meant to disparage or attack, expressed in clever comparisons or contrasts and making heavy use of word-play. MSN Encarta, Encyclopedia Article: Wit   martinet [ mahr-tn-ET, MAHR-tn-et ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who is strict and a disciplinarian, especially one in the military 2. one who rigidly conforms to rules and forms   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The staff sergeant was a strict martinet and therefore unpopular with the raw recruits unaccustomed to the rigours of army life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Typical of the off-center humor that propels "The Band's Visit," it is the martinet bandleader and not the self-styled Chet Baker who has caught the eye of the cafe owner. Los Angeles Times, 'The Band's Visit', BY JAN STUART, February 8, 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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