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	01-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists imprecation [ im-pri-KEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of calling upon evil on someone; the act of cursing 2. a curse; malediction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tantriks reputedly have the ability to cast an imprecation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She spits the words out like an imprecation, no need to explain why this is such a disaster. The Times Of India, 'Buddhadeb is worse than Modi', Carol Andrade, 29 Jun 2008   indelible [ in-DEL-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not possible to wash away or remove; permanent 2. making a mark which is very difficult to remove 3. unforgettable; memorable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The indelible ink used during voting is one of the effective ways of curbing voter fraud.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What happened at Aberfan on 21 October 1966 left an indelible mark on the valleys of south Wales. University of Oxford, Remembering Aberfan, By Iain McLean and Martin Johnes   pithy [ PITH-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   terse; concise, forceful and full of meaning   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The editorial made a pithy observation about the lifestyles of the politicians and the causes they espouse.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The answers to that string of questions can be summed up with one pithy little word: no. ABC News, Steroid Report: Was it Worth it?, Jayson Stark, Dec 14, 2007   ingenious [ in-JEEN-yuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction 2. cleverly inventive or resourceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ingenious twists and turns in the film kept the audience thoroughly engrossed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While there appears to be a greater awareness that timeshare scams exist, fraudsters are devising increasingly ingenious schemes to combat this growing awareness. BBC ,Time share tricksters still rampant ,8 January, 2002   cravat [ kruh'-VAT ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a scarf or a band of cloth worn esp. by men around the neck; a necktie   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   With his shaven head, wearing a black overcoat, with black trousers, black shoes and a black cravat tied around his neck, he cut an intimidating and somewhat sinister figure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To an observer standing out in the center of the road looking back toward the tables in the shade of the oak tree, he would have looked stern and uncomfortable in his black coat, the white dressing twisted about his neck like a tight cravat. CNN - Books, "Cold Mountain" By Charles Frazier, Atlantic Monthly, 1997   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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