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	03-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mausoleum [ maw-suh'-LEE-uh' m, -zuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an impressive and splendid tomb 2. a small building used to bury the remains of individuals esp. of those belonging to the same family 3. a large, gloomy room or building   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Taj Mahal is probably the most famous mausoleum in the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hadrian also set in train a vast public building programme including the Pantheon, his villa at Tivoli and even his own mausoleum -- now known as the Castel Sant'Angelo. Mirror, History of Hadrian has echoes today, By Jeremy Lovell, LONDON (Reuters), 22/07/2008   dour [ doo' r, douuh' r, DOU-er ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. gloomy; sullen; bleak 2. stubborn; obstinate 3. extremely strict and harsh; forbidding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The perpetually dour expression on his face made him unpopular.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Gone are the days when the traditional Chinese greeting "Have you eaten yet?" seemed like a bad joke in the dour capital where, as recently as the 1980s, staples were rationed, state-run canteens dished out the slop of the day in chipped enamel bowls and restaurants were few and far between. ABC News,Chinese Cuisine Goes Global for Games,Audra Ang ,July 10, 2008   intrepid [ in-TREP-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   resolutely fearless; brave; courageous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A bold and intrepid spirit is necessary to join the armed forces of our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   THE cast of "Bankwatch" may be less easy on the eye than that of "Baywatch", but the interest among its City viewers is intense. Can the Bank of England's intrepid lifeguards rescue the economy from the financial storm that broke six months ago? The Economist, Bankwatch, Feb 7th 2008   lambast [ lam-BEYST, -BAST ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to beat or denounce severely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Instead of verbally lambasting politicians, the middle class in India would be better served if they were to be active participants in the democratic process and be vigilant citizens at all times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prime minister, who lambasts his main rival as a "shallow salesman", has been unable to sell himself. The Economist, Bagehot:Captain Malaprop, Jun 26th 2008   denigrate [ DEN-i-greyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to malign or defame someone; to criticize in a derogatory way 2. to belittle; to disregard the importance or value of someone or something 3. blacken; to make black   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   One should not denigrate the efforts of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis in bringing the two countries closer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those two communities are trying to do things to improve the situation, so this isn't to denigrate them. National Geographic, World Summit Erred by Ignoring Tourism, Editor Says, By Robin R. Burfield, September 4, 2002   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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