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	14-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impecunious [ im-pi-KYOO-nee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   not having money; poor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being impecunious, he could only afford to live in a hovel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yet the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 created opportunities for impecunious Royalists, and Marlborough availed himself of them. The Economist,The Duke of Marlborough: Aristocracy at work, Jun 19th 2008   akimbo [ uh'-KIM-boh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in a position in which the hands are on the hips and elbows extend outwards 2. (adj.) placed in a way such that the hands are on the hips and the elbows extend outward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He stood by the doorway and together with his height, his muscular build and arms akimbo- he made for an imposing and intimidating figure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sitting in his small house near Mann's compound on the town's outskirts, annu devotedly dips his hands into the mound of clay as he shapes out various postures of Ganesha --standing with hands akimbo, nataraja-style and what not. The Times of India, Creating god is their job, 9 Aug 2001, TNN   glib [ glib ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing but superficial or insincere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politician's glib assurances of a corruption-free administration did not convince the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But I would warn against the glib association that if something is changing it must be due to a human cause, said Mote. National Geographic, "Mountains of the Moon" Glaciers Melting in Africa, by Dan Morrison, March 25, 2008   diabolic [ dahy-uh'-BOL-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cruelly wicked or evil; fiendish 2. of or like the devil; satanic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The diabolic deeds of the Nazis during world war II is a matter of deep shame for most present day Germans .   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Overwhelmed, Austrians will not find words strong enough to convey the monstrous and diabolic history which has played out in secret for three decades at Amstetten. BBC, Dungeon case stuns Europe's media, 29 April 2008   guttural [ GUHT-er-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. articulated in the throat 2. harsh, throaty or unpleasant utterance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The German language, when spoken often comes across as somewhat harsh and guttural to English speakers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Marvin Gaye's voice was a remarkably versatile instrument, sometimes gossamer, sometimes guttural, always expressive and emotional. CNN, The triumph and tragedy of Marvin Gaye, By Todd Leopold, Tuesday, June 8, 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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