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	22-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists glean [ gleen ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to gather the leavings left behind by reapers in a field; to accumulate bit by bit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Astronomers are beginning to glean the origin of the universe with the help of the Hubble telescope.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ennis may glean a medal in the wake of the electrifying Carolina Klüft of Sweden this weekend. Financial Times, Powell and Gay primed for electrifying contest, By Pat Butcher in Osaka, Published: August 25 2007   interminable [ in-TUR-muh'-nuh'-buh 'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   endless or excruciatingly long   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The interminable guerrilla war in Iraq between the American troops and the fidayeen shows no sign of abating.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All of these lies were designed to tie American down in interminable wars in the Middle East for Israel's benefit. Chronicles Magazine, War Without End, by Paul Craig Roberts   stolid [ STOL-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having or revealing very little sensitivity or emotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Central Europeans are widely regarded to be stolid and hard working.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   English is not the inherited language of most people outside the South—the Midwest was swamped by Germans and their stolid mental processes in the 19th century and the East has been continually transformed by non-English speakers.  Chronicles Magazine, Our Americanish Language, by Clyde N. Wilson   incredulous [ in-KREJ-uh'-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   sceptical; expressing disbelief   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Real Madrid's fans were left incredulous when their side lost to a lowly second division football team in the Spanish cup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thus I will apologise to the elderly woman I startled recently with a sudden outbreak of incredulous laughter at the top of Glasgow's Byres Road. The Herald, Proof that nothing's sacred any more, David Belcher   pert [ purt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. saucy, bold or impudent 2. vivacious, stylish or chic 3. lively or stimulating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sales girl gave the customer a pert look which intrigued him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A husky voice began singing, a slight but pert figure ascended the stage and the guests went berserk. The Times of India, The big, fab Mittal wedding, Rashmee Z Ahmed & Ruchika Mehta,TNN, 22 Jun 2004   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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