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	21-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scathing [ SKEY-th' ing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. harshly critical 2. harmful, injurious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager's scathing criticism for poor performance demoralized the staff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   George Carlin, 71 -- Comedian whose groundbreaking comedy tested the boundaries of censorship and gave scathing social criticism a new voice. abc News, In Memoriam: Lives of Note, June 29, 2008   mawkish [ MAW-kish ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sentimental, emotional or mushy 2. having an insipid or nauseating taste   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The writer's mawkish novel about an orphan boy met with a tepid response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Friendship is like a China cup, precious rich and rare, once broken can be mended, but the crack is always there goes a piece of maudlin prose that has found its way into many autograph books. Mawkish, but no less true for that. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Circle of friends, 26 Aug 2007   nettle [ NET-l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a plant belonging to genus urtica which comprises plants that have stinging hair 2. (tr. v.) to annoy, exasperate or irritate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unkempt garden in his house was full of nettles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Spring is the best time to pick nettle tops as they are at their most tender, but they can be picked at any time of year, provided you use young leaves. Telegraph, A stinging riposte to supermarket prices, 21/04/2007   pedagogue [ PED-uh'-gog, -gawg ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a strict or formal educator or teacher   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a brilliant pedagogue and his classes were always packed to capacity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All claim of having teaching staff with high pedagogue skills. The Times of India, Educational opportunities open up, Swati Khanwalkar,TNN, 28 Nov 2003   ordain [ awr-DEYN ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to endow or confer with authority 2. (tr. v.) to decree or appoint 3. (tr. v.) to predestine or prearrange 4. (intr. v.) to command or order (intr. v.) to appoint 5. (intr. v.) to endow or invest with authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After many years of distinguished service, the vicar was ordained as a bishop.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When women began to be ordained over a decade ago, conservative parishes were given an elaborate opt-out: instead of labouring under the episcopal oversight of a liberal, pro-female-ordination type, they could choose to be in the care of a so-called "flying bishop" who would never foist a female vicar on them. Economist, When compromise fails, Jul 10th 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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