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	02-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists swarthy [ SWAWR-th'ee, -thee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   possessing a dark colour or complexion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His swarthy complexion made him stand out in the crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We get rice and beans from a charity called Care Myanmar, drinking water from the sky and fish from this creek, said Maung Oo, a swarthy 51-year-old, as he stared at monsoon floodwaters lapping against his makeshift bamboo and tarpaulin hut. abcNews, Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Rely on Handouts, Struggle On, By Aung Hla Tun, November 2, 2008   obelisk [ OB-uh'-lisk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a tall, sleek, four-sided monolithic stone pillar that tapers toward its top and terminates or ends in a pyramid 2. obelus, dagger or one resembling a shaft   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The structure, shaped like an obelisk, was thought to contain mystical powers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The obelisk was erected by Colonel Archibald Robertson, the British Resident at the Court of the Raja of Satara from 1827 to 1832, when his eldest daughter, 'Tilly', died, aged 10, in the hill station. The Times of India, Hill station lovers restore destroyed memories, Gunvanthi Balaram, 18 April 2004   opprobrious [  uh'-PROH-bree-uh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) scurrilous, scornful or abusive 2. (adj.) infamous, shameful or disgraceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The man's habit of using opprobrious words to describe all and sundry was detested by everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For them the faithful have coined a new term, "global warming deniers", almost as opprobrious, it seems, as "Holocaust deniers". The Telegraph, End column, Peter Simple, 5 December 2003   collation [ kuh-ley-shuhn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of collating 2. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume 3. a light meal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The collation of the documents was tedious work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The software played an important role in the process of data collation and decision making for projects of extremely large magnitude. The Times of India, Pune software firm powers Lockheed Martin, Manjiri Madhav Damle, 22 July 2004.   gesticulation [ je-stik-yuh-LEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of making signs 2. an animated or excited action 3. a deliberate, vigorous motion or sign   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her gesticulations indicated that she was getting very excited and irked by our inability to understand her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The other thing that I specifically noticed was there was way too much hand movement, way too much gesticulation - you do not need it all," explained Mr Jeffries. BBC, Speaking lessons 'came too late', 29 October 2003.   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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