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	25-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists bungle [ BUHNG-guh' l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to work clumsily or awkwardly 2. (tr.v.) to handle or perform clumsily 3. (n.) to botch; a work that is done ineptly or clumsily   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government made a bungle in providing adequate coastal security resulting in the deadly 26/11 attacks taking place.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Junior doctors are meeting in London just days after the latest bungle involving the new system for assigning specialist training posts. The Herald, Junior doctors furious over recruitment 'shambles', HELEN PUTTICK, Health Correspondent, April 28 2007   imprimatur [ im-pri-MAH-ter, -MEY-, -prahy- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a licence issued by an authority, esp. the Roman Catholic Church, to publish and print under rules of censorship 2. sanction; approved officially   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The controversial article had the imprimatur of the Papacy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Saudi Arabia, which had drafted the first version of the 2002 Arab League initiative calling for "normalisation" with Israel in the event of a full peace accord, would attend, giving Annapolis its imprimatur and encouraging the Arab League to make its demands a little more flexible for Israel. The Economist, The Annapolis summit, Cinderella at Annapolis, Nov 22nd 2007, JERUSALEM, RAMALLAH AND WASHINGTON, DC   pallid [ PAL-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lacking in colour; pale 2. lacking in interest or liveliness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her pallid countenance indicated the fact that she was not well.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sure, if you've got 70- odd quid to spare, you can get an excellent meal in a gourmet restaurant or gastro-pub. If you haven't it's fish 'n' chips, soggy sandwiches, pallid pizza, hot dogs with onions, and chips with everything. The Mirror, JACQUES ATTACK, 9/07/2005   abnegate [ AB-ni-geyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to renounce or deny oneself 2. to give up or surrender   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Police, in recent years, have developed a pathetic tendency to totally abnegate their responsibilities for law enforcement during any large scale riot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The ATP and the WTA are too gutless to do anything about it, and the umpires almost totally abnegate any responsibility for enforcement. Guardian, Sharapova wins in variety show but slips on banana, Steve Bierley,September 11, 2006   germane [  jer-MEYN ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   relevant; pertinent; fitting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The speech made by the politician was not germane to the problems being faced by the people in his constituency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rural students have little or no access to books for supplementary reading on farming, household management and other subjects germane to their lives. The New York Times, Rebuilding Afghanistan, One Book at a Time, By NANCY HATCH DUPREE, July 19, 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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