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	18-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists meagre [ MEE-ger ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   deficient in amount or quantity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His meagre salary does not permit him to take his family for a holiday every year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Between these disturbing interviews, he survived on meagre supplies of food and eventually fell ill. Telegraph, Sean Langan, British film maker, reveals Taliban kidnap ordeal, By Angus McDowall, 28/06/2008   inclement [ in-KLEM-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. stormy, rough 2. unmerciful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During inclement weather, it is advisable not to venture out to sea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the event of inclement conditions, all employees will make a good faith effort to report to work on time. Inclement Weather Policy and Procedure   heifer [ HEF-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a young cow that has not yet given birth to a calf   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A heifer is a very valuable animal to a farmer since it yields milk and helps in ploughing the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suspecting that the animal was really Zeus's mistress, Hera asked for the heifer as a gift and set the 100-eyed monster Argus to guard it. MSN Encarta, Io (mythology), Encyclopedia Article   multifarious [ muhl-tuh'-FAIR-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   diverse, varied or versatile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The building houses many multifarious departments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What you will see is a very different kind of British jazz: thoroughly contemporary, bewilderingly multifarious, and on the face of it lacking any defining markers of Britishness. Telegraph, Was William Blake really the first star of British jazz?, 09/11/2006   paltry [ PAWL-tree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   worthless, measly, trivial or inferior   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His income was a paltry sum, insufficient to meet his monthly needs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr McCain, most notably, has suggested suspending America's relatively paltry tax on fuel to make life easier for motorists. Economist, Greener than thou, Oct 2nd 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. Principe TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Free Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 4 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 9 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved