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	07-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ocular [ OK-yuh'-ler ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   of or relating to the eye or the sense of vision   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For most people, the prospect of ocular damage is a frightening one.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sale of contact lenses cannot be treated just like any other business deal. It concerns the ocular (optical) health of the patient, which can be damaged by the very product supplied. BBC, Mail-order contact lens firm fined, 7 May, 1998   garrulous [ GAR-uh'-luh' s, GAR-yuh'- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. excessively talkative; pointless rambling 2. wordy, rambling or diffuse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His garrulous nature made him the life and soul of the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Joseph Kabila's slender frame and his understated public image contrast sharply with his chubby and garrulous father. The Telegraph, Son follows in his father's footsteps to be new ruler, By Alec Russell   legerdemain [ lej-er-duh'-MEYN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. sleight of hand 2. deception; trickery; a show of skill or deceitful cleverness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being legerdemain in cards enabled him to win most games with ease.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The budget legerdemain allowed Democrats to put their imprint on the bill, saving programs such as the $140 million Commodity Supplemental Food Program, targeted for elimination by Bush but given a 30 percent budget hike by Democrats. ABC News, Budget Bill Reverses Bush Cuts, By ANDREW TAYLOR, December 17, 2007   rancour [ RANG-ker ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   bitter ill-will or resentment; malice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The feeling of rancour with which India and Pakistan confronted each other on the cricket field is now no more thanks to regular cricketing exchanges between them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The BBC's Nick Bryant in Perth says much of the rancour of the past 10 days - when Singh was charged with racism and Australian captain Ricky Ponting's men were criticised for bad sportsmanship and a certain ugliness in victory - is gone. BBC, India-Australia cricket resumes   knoll [ nohl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a small, round hill 2. a hillock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   From the knoll, one could see the entire town bathed in brilliant sunshine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treadwell's camp, a short distance from the shore of Upper Kaflia Lake, was on a grass-crowned knoll amid a labyrinth of tunneled trails that bears had worn through the dense brush over centuries. Reader's Digest, Trapped: The Life of Timothy Treadwell, By Nick Jans, June 2005   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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