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	29-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inculpate [ in-KUHL-peyt, IN-kuhl-peyt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to accuse; charge with fault; blame; incriminate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To wrongly inculpate a man for murder is a serious offence in itself.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is intriguing to speculate who hates Patrick so much that they have amassed evidence which appears to inculpate him as a paedophile. The Telegraph, Big head, small heart, 24/10/2004   imbroglio [ im-BROHL-yoh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a misunderstanding, disagreement of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations. 2. an intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a complicated or difficult situation. 3. a confused heap.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Kashmir imbroglio threatens to push India and Pakistan into yet another major confrontation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The political imbroglio also appears to endanger the latest International Monetary Fund loan package for Russia, which is considered critical to avoid a default this year on the country's $17 billion in foreign debt. Washington Post, David Hoffman, "Citing Economy, Yeltsin Fires Premier", May 13, 1999   abet [ uh'-BET ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to assist, encourage or support an activity or plan esp. some wrongdoing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To abet a criminal in any wrongdoing is a punishable offence in all the countries of the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We believe it is crucial to have an open discussion about whether it is legitimate to aid and abet criminal activities – and the theft of data certainly qualifies as a criminal activity – by using substantial public resources to purchase stolen goods from a thief. The Financial Times,Tax claims against this state are out of place, Otmar Hasler, February 19 2008   pogrom [ puh'-GRUHM, -GROM, poh- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an organized massacre of helpless people esp. those of jews   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The holocaust against Jews during world war II was the most ghastly pogrom ever witnessed by mankind.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The first pogrom is often considered to be the 1821 anti-Jewish riots in Odessa (modern Ukraine) after the death of the Greek Orthodox patriarch in Istanbul, in which 14 Jews were killed. Wikipedia, Pogrom   deign [ deyn ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to condescend; to think it fitting or appropriate to one's dignity 2. (tr. v.) to condescend to grant or offer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He did not deign to reply to his colleague's snide remarks.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A Gillespie no-ball brings up England's 50 and a couple of people deign to clap in the stands. BBC, England v New Zealand as it happened, 16 January 2007   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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