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	04-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ubiquitous [ yoo-BIK-wi-tuh's ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   existing or seeming to be everywhere at the same time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ubiquitous smog that envelops the city of Los Angeles prevents residents of the city from seeing Mount Rushmore, which is only a short distance away.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To some they are a nuisance, but the ubiquitous mobile phone has proved itself an effective tool for modern survival. The Herald, Rescues climb to a new peak, DAVID ROSS, Highland Correspondent   chicanery [ shi-KEY-nuh'-ree, chi- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   deceit by subterfuge or trickery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He resorted to the worst form of sycophancy and chicanery to secure a ministerial position.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The European bee-eater's life is more like an epic novel, sprawling across continents, teeming with familial intrigue, theft, danger, chicanery, and flamboyant beauty. National Geographic, Painting the Sky, Bruce Barcott   paucity [ PAW-si-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   smallness or scarcity of quantity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The paucity of evidence against the accused meant that the court could not succeed in convicting him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Archaeologists emphasize cultural development, while anthropologists are more hip to genes and favor genetic interpretation. Wade naturally favors genes, though he admits the paucity of evidence. Chronicles Magazine, Descent of Man, Ascent of Apes?, By Thomas Fleming   habiliment [ huh'-BIL-uh'-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   (usu. plural) of or pertaining to clothes; trappings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The habiliments of a modern day cricketer are colourful and trendy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As Vivaldi expressed his incredulity, however, he returned to examine the garment once more, when, as he raised it, he observed, what had before escaped his notice, black drapery mingled with the heap beneath; and, on lifting this also on the point of his sword, he perceived part of the habiliment of a monk! The Italian: A Romance, By Ann Ward Radcliffe, Robert Miles   pliable [ PLAHY-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. able to bend or reshape easily 2. easily led or influenced by others 3. ability to adapt readily   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   One has just to read the matrimonial columns of newspapers to realise that the contemporary modern Indian male is still on the lookout for pliable women.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jimmie Briggs, author of "Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War," said child soldiers were often used instead of adults because they were usually immature, very pliable, and had fewer inhibitions. ABC News, Exclusive: Child Soldiers Recall Learning Lessons of War Instead of the Classroom, By JERIKA RICHARDSON and LARA SETRAKIAN, ABC News Law & Justice Unit, Dec. 7, 2006   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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