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	26-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lassitude [ LAS-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a feeling of fatigue or weariness, low on energy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People living in humid climates often feel a sense of lassitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Not home till between 9/10 pm, so little time for anything else but food and do the "black-outs", write this diary and sundries, Poor Kay dead tired: very yellow and suffering from lassitude. BBC Home, Wartime diary of a customs officer: Ch 25 - Mar and Apr 1943, Bryan Boniface, 26 November 2005   fecund [ FEE-kuh'nd, -kuh' nd, FEK-uh'nd, -uh' nd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. able to produce offspring, fruits, vegetation, etc. abundantly; fertile 2. intellectually creative or productive; prolific   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fecund Gangetic plains support the concentration of one of the most densely populated places on Earth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although Hall is occasionally too eager to acknowledge his influences – Murakami, Auster, Memento, The Matrix, Fight Club, Jaws - and his idea of cute-couple dialogue is borderline nauseating, his extraordinarily fecund imagination and sure-footed plotting make this a dizzyingly exciting novel. BBC, Editor Book Review, The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, Chris Power, 08 March 07   diffident [ DIF-i-duh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lacking in self-confidence; timid; shy 2. unassertive; reserved in manner or speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His diffident personality ensured that he would never become a manager.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bell put his successful return down to extra work not only on technique but also on his presence at the crease, after being described as diffident during the Ashes. BBC, Bell puts Pakistan before Ashes, 15 August 2006   laity [ LEY-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   all people who are not members of a specified profession or other specialized field   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The laity do not participate in the papal elections.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Traditionally clerics were seen as having a higher calling than the laity but, since the landmark Second Vatican Council, both laity and clergy have been regarded as jointly 'the people of God'. BBC, Roman Catholic Church, Distinguishing Features And Doctrine   de novo [ dee NOH-voh, dey de NOH-woh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   over again; anew; start over from the beginning   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Gujarat riots call for de novo trials to take place outside the state.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A de novo review of the case would be a futile effort without the eyewitness accounts. The Times Of India, Kidney donation is safe: Experts, 7 Oct 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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