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	04-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists taciturn [ TAS-i-turn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who is habitually less inclined to talk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a taciturn man who chose his words with care.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Keshubhai Patel, a generous host to scribes clamouring for bytes, was remarkably taciturn. The Times of India, Modi advised to expand his cabinet, by Mohua Chatterjee, March 31, 2005   obliquity [ uh'-BLIK-wi-tee, oh-BLIK- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the condition, quality or state of being oblique 2. immorality or deviation or divergence from normal conduct 3. a vague or obscure statement 4. mental perversity or an instance of it 5. deviation from a horizontal or vertical position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was the obliquity of the statement that brought forth the angry reactions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Groups of modellers in Paris, Oxford and at the Nasa Ames Research Center in the US have also modelled the climatic effects of these changes in obliquity. BBC, Ice belt 'encircled Mars equator', By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter, Cambridge, 9 September 2005   morose [  muh'-ROHS  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) sullen or gloomy 2. (adj.) characterised or marked by a gloomy or sullen disposition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was too morose to do his work the other day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As she took the class on a morose trudge through various aspects of the Bill, telling us that immigration has brought us economic benefits "but it should not be a substitute for upskilling the domestic workforce", we remembered why she was always such a dull teacher. The Telegraph, MPs' expenses: School bell sounds early for overjoyed Miss Smith, Andrew Gimson, 3 June 2009   isthmus [ IS-muh's ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a narrow strip of land which has water on both sides and connects two larger masses of land   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Isthmus of Panama is a narrow tract of land that links North America with South America.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Periander, ruler of the city-state of Corinth, built a stone track across the isthmus, so ships could be dragged overland. BBC, Ancient Greeks: Sea and ships   betoken [ bih-TOH-kuh'n ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to indicate or give evidence of 2. to give a sign of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The members of the sect betoken their loyalty to the cause by a vow of obedience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The massive queues outside hapless polling booths betoken the enthusiasm of young voters. BBC, Election: Disjointed thoughts from my tired brain, Paul Mason, 7 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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