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	10-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nebulous [ NEB-yuh'-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cloudy, hazy, and misty 2. of, relating to, or like a nebula 3. vague, confused, unclear   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The nebulous weather conditions of Britain is the chief reason why many Britons migrate to sunnier climes such as Spain and California.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The rationale for NATO's continued existence was found in the nebulous and eminently revolutionary concept of "humanitarian intervention" used against the Serbs in 1999. Chronicles Magazine, Russia and the West: The Tragedy of 1204 Redux, by Srdja Trifkovic   duress [ doo'-RES, dyoo'-, DOO' R-is, DYOO'R- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coercion; forcible restraint or constraint 2. (Law) forcing or compelling someone to commit a crime or commit to a legal liability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Under duress, the undertrial was forced to confess to a crime that he had not committed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence lawyers for a prime suspect in 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) say they suspect he may have confessed under duress. BBC, Indian Bomb Suspect Confesses, 21 November 2005   bellicose [ BEL-i-kohs ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inclined or favoured to fighting; aggressively hostile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His bellicose temperament prevented him from making any friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were about two hundred men in the camp and the English NCO in charge was a very bellicose Tyneside Scottish sergeant major who was continually at war with the German commandant through his long suffering interpreter, an Irish sergeant named Jerome O'Connor. BBC, Laurie Dorins' Story: Part 9 - LONG AUTUMN 1942 by CSV Media NI, 21 October, 2005   guileless [ GAHYL-lis ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   free of treacherous cunning   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His guileless nature made him immensely likeable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result is so utterly charming, so guileless and lovable, that it would be all too easy to get carried away. BBC, Charlotte Hatherley Grey Will Fade, 16 August 2004   bagasse [ buh'-GAS ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   plant residue or refuse that is left after the produce is extracted from it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Bagasse is considered as a useful source for alternative energies since it is cheap and abundant in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Biomass includes specially-grown crops like willow, and material like bagasse, sugar-cane waste, which power stations can burn. BBC, What to use when the oil runs out, By Alex Kirby, 22 April, 2004   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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