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	28-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists indigent [ IN-di-juh 'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) lacking or in need of basic needs; impoverished 2. (adj.) (archaic) lacking something that is most essential; deficient 3. (n.) one who is in need; a destitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The number of indigent people in our country is shocking and outrageous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rothgery's lawyers argued Texas should provide a defence lawyer for indigent clients once they've made a first appearance before a magistrate, even if no prosecutor was present. ABC News, Legal Help Too Slow in Texas Arrest, High Court Says, By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer, HOUSTON June 23, 2008   identikit [ ahy-DEN-ti-kit, i-DEN- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   (trademark) a kit that contains transparencies or pictures of several variations of different facial features that are used to reconstruct a person's face based on the description of the eyewitness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The witnesses description of the assailant enabled the police to make an identikit which matched closely with the actual person who had committed the crime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The clue came late on Friday when Nair's relatives visited the 'Missing Persons Bureau' in Delhi and stumbled upon a computer identikit of Nair, as one who had been found lying dead on railway tracks leading to the New Delhi railway station. The Times Of India, Missing Malaysian NRI found dead in New Delhi, Mohit Dubey, 15 Jun 2003, TNN   puerile [ PYOO-er-il, -uh'-rahyl, PYOO' R-il, -ahyl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. juvenile; of or relating to a child or childhood 2. childish; immature; trivial   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The student's puerile arguments infuriated the professor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One year after the country took a dark turn into state control and an unpleasant, puerile attitude to other people's business. Or is it one year into a brave new world where the country became fitter, healthier and more civilised? Politics, The smoking ban one year on, 01 Jul 2008   cynosure [ SAHY-nuh-shoo' r, SIN-uh- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a focal point of attraction and attention 2. something which serves to guide and direct   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   French Open champion Rafael Nadal was the cynosure of all eyes at last year's Chennai Open.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prince, an avid gardener, is patron of the project. Its cynosure will be a simple 20ft tall, black granite sculpture, entitled Unity, designed by the Turner Prize-winning sculptor Anish Kapoor. The Telegraph, Royal couple start tour with tribute at Ground Zero, By Caroline Davies in New York   ethos [ EE-thos, EE-thohs, ETH-os, -ohs ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   fundamental or distinguishing character, disposition, beliefs or moral nature of a person, group, institution, etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Love for the outdoors seems to be the ethos of the Australian people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I can give them absolute reassurance, in terms of what they are concerned about, of maintaining the ethos and the character of their schools, they will not notice any difference. BBC, 'No threat to Catholic education', Thursday, 17 November 2005   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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