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	06-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists noisome [ NOI-suh' m ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. obnoxious or harmful 2. very offensive to the point of arousing disgust   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The noisome odour emanating from the alley compelled us to change our route.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The most noisome moment in this country, from the announcement of the production through its roll-out, came when a driver rammed a converted school bus into an empty theater lobby in Ithaca, N.Y., injuring only himself. Los Angles Times, 'Hollywood Under Siege' by Thomas R. Lindlof, By Fred Schruers, July 24, 2008   ostracise [ OS-truh'-sahyz ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to banish or remove from a group 2. followed in ancient greece, when a citizen considered dangerous to a state was sent into exile by popular vote   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After his arrest, he was ostracised by his friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His most striking contribution to the debate so far has been to show that black students who study hard are accused of "acting white" and are ostracised by their peers. Economist, Nearer to overcoming, ATLANTA AND HARLEM, May 8th 2008   desultory [ DES-uh' l-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   haphazard, erratic or irregular   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The desultory conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has caused a major humanitarian crisis in the region.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although there were only ever a few hundred active Tuareg fighters, this desultory yet brutal conflict pinned the Malian army down over vast swathes of northern Mali, and saw 160,000 Tuareg fleeing into neighbouring countries. Telegraph, Rock and roll's real outlaws, 26/02/2004   blithe [ blahyth', blahyth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. happy, merry or light-hearted 2. carefree, casual or lacking concern   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone loved her for her vivacity and blithe disregard for the various vicissitudes that she had had to endure in her lifetime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   GOP presidential candidate John McCain is abandoning old positions and adopting new ones with both an impressive tactical nimbleness and a blithe disregard for his long legislative and political record. ABCNews, Maverick to Candidate: Evolution of the New John McCain, TERRY MORAN, Sept. 18, 2008   knave [ neyv ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who is dishonest and crafty.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is unfortunate but true that the profession of politics is attractive only to a knave.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's a story of a young knave who goes to church and he's in love with the lady of the manor, Lady Barnard and they get together one night in her bower. BBC - Leicester World on Your Street - Name of story   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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