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	01-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ambidextrous [ am-bi-DEK-struh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. able to skilfully use both hands 2. unusually skilful; versatile; adroit 3. double-dealing; hypocritical or deceitful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being an ambidextrous violinist, Yehudi Menuhin attracted large audiences during his hey day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He's also pianistically ambidextrous these days, a big deal for a brilliant artist who lost the use of his right hand in 1965 and only regained it - to a limited degree - about 10 years ago. The Sun, Fleisher celebrates 80 years of music, By Tim Smith, Sun Music Critic, July 20, 2008   minion [ MIN-yuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a subordinate or minor official 2. a submissive follower or underling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minister's speech was interrupted by a minion handing him a note which revealed the results of the recently held assembly elections.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ana Ivanovic might need to walk to the players' lounge and locker room at Roland Garros with her fingers in her ears and a minion or two hurriedly whisking away any newspapers or magazines that happen to be lying around. The Herald, Ivanovic in softly-softly approach to becoming a firm favourite, Kate Kirwan, June 02 2008   quaff [ kwof, kwaf, kwawf ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   (tr.v.) to drink heartily and in large amounts (intr. v.) to drink hurriedly or heartily (n.) a copious draught   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We spent the entire evening quaffing wine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Visit the "anchors" of Atlanta's latest downtown revitalization: the state-of-the-art Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola, where visitors and locals alike quaff the city's trademark beverage like fine wine. National Geographic, My Atlanta, By Lynna Williams   pedant [ PED-nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. 2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. 3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The conference for Chemical engineers held recently in New Delhi was attended by world renowned pedants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His decision sparked an ongoing squabble -- often cast as a battle between number-crunching pedants and free-spirited pragmatists -- over when centuries and millennia begin and end. CNN, Is this the real millennium?, By Douglas Herbert, CNN.com Europe writer, January 1, 2001   sycophant [ SIK-uh'-fuh'nt, -fant, SAHY-kuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. 2. a person who flatters influential people in order to win favour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king could trust no one as he was surrounded by sycophants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She should first rid herself of the sycophants surrounding her. The Times of India, 'People want Cong back, but it is not reciprocating', by S. Balakrishnan, June 15, 2003   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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