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	30-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ratiocination [ rash-ee-os-uh'-NEY-shuh' n, -oh-suh'-, rat-ee- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a logical and rational thought process   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mathematics and computer programming are fields of study which call for a ratiocination mind.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ross once defended a negative book review with a letter to the publisher that began, 'Dear Bennett: You are incapable of ratiocination,' and ended 'You are my natural enemy.' BBC, Harold Ross - The Man, 23rd July 2007   apathetic [ ap-uh'-THET-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having or showing a lack of emotion 2. having or showing a lack of interest or concern   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many are of the opinion that the rich in this country are apathetic towards the sufferings of the poor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most all of them were dull and apathetic, went to sleep no matter where they were -- on litters while being carried into the hospital, on chairs, or in doorjambs, before being put to bed. The Sun, View from Fort McHenry, Memoirs from head nurse show suffering of soldiers at Fort McHenry   excoriate [ ik-skawr-ee-eyt, -skohr- ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to condemn, criticize harshly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The worst thing for a primary school teacher would be to excoriate a pupil and probably scar him for life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The worst thing, by contrast, is simply to excoriate your opponents while carrying on as before. Telegraph, Plus c'est la même chose, 06/05/2002   abomination [ uh'-bom-uh'-NEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. abhorrence, detestation or disgust 2. the cause of abhorrence or wickedness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The corruption among the police forces who are supposedly the guardians and protectors of citizens of our country is an abomination.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was the abomination of rights-abusing countries such as Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia and Cuba gaining leadership positions on the Human Rights Commission. CNN, Bush should use recess appointment power carefully, Noah S. Leavitt, July 4, 2005   bucolic [ byoo-KOL-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) relating to or suggestive of typical rural life 2. (adj.) of or pertaining to herdsmen or shepherds; pastoral 3. (n.) (archaic) a country person; peasant; a rustic 4. (n.) a pastoral poem   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Highly stressed urban executives in Mumbai are increasingly looking at bucolic idylls in which to spend their holidays.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tucked away quietly in the middle of the Alps, this immensely rich and powerful nation still manages to portray itself as the perfect bucolic idyll. BBC, Swiss shaken by row of disasters, 25 October, 2001   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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