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	16-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists maladroit [ mal-uh'-DROIT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inept; bungling; lacking adroitness; clumsy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Russia handled the confrontation with Chechnya in a most maladroit way.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Corsican politicians rose up with one voice, howling in protest at the maladroit joke. National Geographic, Corsica, By Peter Ross Range   egregious [ i-GREE-juh' s, -jee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. flagrant; glaringly bad or offensive 2. (archaic) eminent; distinguished   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The critic's insulting and egregious remarks left the actor with no option but to file a suit for defamation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He found Irving's arguments - and by extension the claims of deniers in general - to be 'perverse and egregious'. BBC, Denying The Holocaust, By Deborah Lipstadt   gainsay [ GEYN-sey, geyn-SEY ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to deny or contradict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It would be difficult to gainsay the economic policies enunciated by such stalwarts as Dr. Manmohan Singh and P. Chidambaram.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They included mandatory jail terms for persistent burglars and drug dealers, something the judiciary opposed but which Labour, recognising the popularity of a tough stand on crime, could not gainsay. Telegraph, Labour happy to follow Howard's way, 10 August 2004   buoyant [ BOI-uh' nt, BOO-yuh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. tending or having the ability to float 2. cheerful; lively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The currents in the Ganges makes it easy for a swimmer to remain buoyant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A buoyant Colin Montgomerie yesterday regarded world No.1 Tiger Woods as beatable and declared himself a contender for next week's Open Championship at Carnoustie. The Herald, Monty plans to prove he's a major contender again, DOUGLAS LOWE, Golf Correspondent,12 July 2007   gratuitous [ gruh'-TOO-i-tuh' s, -TYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1.unjustified or without apparent reason 2. given or granted without having to pay or return   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company's gratuitous decision to stop flexitime left the employees puzzled and bewildered.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Geoffrey Lloyd was reported by a woman volunteer after years of "gratuitous violence" because teachers at Regent Special School in Tividale, West Midlands, were too scared to confront him. Telegraph, Head who hit disabled students is jailed, 15 June 2001   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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