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	08-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists flagrant [ FLEY-gruh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   evidently unpleasant; shockingly bad   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Flagrant errors in the case of air traffic controllers can lead to disaster in the skies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After years of being outraged at the Bush administration's flagrant disregard for FISA, Congress now is poised to give the president even greater powers to spy on our phone calls and emails, added Connell. CNBC News, ACLU of Illinois Urges Senator Obama to Vote No on FISA 'Deal', 07 Jul 2008   ostentatious [ os-ten-TEY-shuh' s, -tuh' n- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   intended to be noticed by attracting and impressing others   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being a wealthy man, he could afford to lead an ostentatious life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Every presidential candidate tries to demonstrate patriotism, sometimes in ostentatious ways, from headlining 4th of July parades to leading crowds in the Pledge of Allegiance. Chicago Tribune, Obama to tell his 'only in America' story, By John McCormick, Tribune reporter   sylph [ silf ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a graceful woman or girl 2. a supernatural being that inhabits the air.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An Asian woman's sylph like appearance is what makes her attractive to occidental men.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, like a sylph. MSN Encarta, Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), British novelist, Said by Mr. Crummles (Nicholas Nickleby, 1839)   dank [ dangk ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unpleasantly wet or damp; moist, and often chilly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Heavy rains made the cat seek refuge in the dank cellar.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the start of The Killer in Me, its Z-list celebrity cast was filmed standing in what looked like a dank, defunct prison cell or a long-abandoned Victorian asylum. The Herald, Cure for boredom: eat more fish, DAVID BELCHER, November 09 2007   beleaguer [ bi-LEE-ger ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1.to annoy frequently; to harass 2. to besiege; surround by troops   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His abrasive remarks began to beleaguer his friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tensions run high as McNeil's vices start to beleaguer his fellow detectives. BBC, BBC Choice acquires Denis Leary's new comedy series: The Job, TV Entertainment, 25 April, 2002   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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