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	05-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists noxious [ NOK-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   harmful to health, mind, or morals   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is extremely disheartening to learn that the Indian government is allowing noxious chemical wastes to be dumped in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, as he had inhaled noxious gases that surrounded the room, he collapsed from the ladder on which he was standing and came crawling to the door. He opened the door and fainted. The Times of India, Man dies after inhaling repellent, 20 Jul 2008   ineffable [ in-EF-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unable to describe in words; indescribable 2. not to be spoken of or uttered; taboo   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ineffable joy of a woman becoming a mother is well documented in the literature of almost every language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Compact, scar-faced, blinded in one eye, he promenades around the refugee lean-tos of Biem with a lackey in tow, carrying his chair. Yet there is also an ineffable sadness about him. National Geographic , Shattered Sudan, Paul Salopek   coeval [ koh-EE-vuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   belonging to the same age or period   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Archaeologists regard the two great cities of the Indus valley civilization- Mohenjo Daro and Harappa- to be approximately coeval.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The statues, revealed by the excavations, were of a type that was coeval physically. BBC, Slippery Stage, By Tim Bearder   fallible [ FAL-uh-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of persons) very likely to make a mistake or be misled 2. likely to be erroneous, faulty or false   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since we humans are fallible, we have not yet succeeded in building a perfect world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The final Test in Adelaide (next week) will be a cliffhanger because the Indians have now smelt blood and know this Australian team is fallible. Khaleej Times, Controversies got to Aussies: Inzy, 20 January 2008   crone [ krohn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an old and withered woman   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A crone seeking alms is a common sight in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pip meets a mysterious aged crone who can help him escape from Britain's most terrifying school and the clutches of his evil guardian. BBC, Bleak Expectations Comedy Victorian adventure by Mark Evans, 16 January 2008   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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