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	18-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demagogue [ DEM-uh'-gog, -gawg ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person or leader who appeals to the prejudices or passions of the people to gain power 2. (n.) in ancient times, a leader who champions the cause of the masses 3. (intr. v.) to speak or behave like a demagogue 4. (tr. v.) to treat an issue like a demagogue; obscure an issue with prejudice, emotions, etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was an effective demagogue and succeeded in uniting the workers in order to demand for better working conditions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Self confident and energetic, O'Connor was a charismatic demagogue, who used mass meetings and the widely read 'Northern Star' to unite the forces of the working class behind him. BBC, The Chartist Movement 1838 - 1848, By Stephen Roberts   pique [ peek ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) feeling of anger or resentment, esp., aroused by a sense of wounded pride (v.) 2. to excite or arouse an emotion 3. (v.) to provoke one to act or respond to a challenge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All attempts at industrial rejuvenation in the state were annulled by the pique of the masses.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Traders' concerns focus on the political and the practical. The first addresses whether the Saudis' unilateral move will be, in effect, annulled by the pique of its peers. Financial Times, The Short View: Saudi oil, Jamie Chisholm, June 16 2008   cantankerous [ kan-TANG-ker-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   tempered or quarrelsome person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although he was undoubtedly brilliant, his cantankerous ways made him a poor leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A cantankerous iconoclast with bulging hazel eyes, scraggly salt-and-pepper beard, and wild locks flowing from beneath a floppy camouflage jungle hat, Possuelo, 63, is widely considered one of the Amazon's last great wilderness scouts and the leading authority on Brazil's remaining pockets of isolated Indians. National Geographic, Into the Amazon, By Scott Wallace, August 2003   nadir [ NEY-der, NEY-deer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the lowest possible point; extreme despair or adversity 2. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Relations between Iran and the USA reached their nadir when 66 US diplomats were taken hostage by Islamic militants in 1979.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Relations between the two parties began to quickly deteriorate, reaching their nadir on Saturday when Mayawati formally withdrew support to the UPA government. The Hindustan times, Congress-SP ties pushed Mayawati to pull out, Rajesh Kumar Singh, June 21, 2008   lampoon [ lam-POON ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) to criticize an individual or an institution through humorous writing or work of art 2. (v.) to make the subject of a lampoon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To lampoon George W. Bush seemed to have been a major pastime for most American journalists during his presidency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many cartoonists often target politicians as subjects for their lampoons. Chicago Tribune, New Yorker magazine cover, Obamas, Tribune news services, July 14, 2008   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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