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	06-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists clamour [ KLAM-er ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) loud uproar or protest from a crowd 2. (v.) to protest or demand loudly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a huge clamour from the crowd as the popular actor stepped out from the studio.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's a huge clamour for club membership these days with people willing to shell out as much as Rs 15 lakh for it. The Times of India, Club memberships top list of must-haves, 15 Jul 2003, Roshni Olivera,TNN   hustings [ HUHS-tingz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the proceedings of a parliamentary election   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the recently held parliamentary hustings, voter apathy in Mumbai seemed to be at an all time high.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With little chances of beating either Samajwadi Party (SP) or Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at the hustings, both BJP and Congress are preparing to take on each other for next year's UP assembly polls. The Times of India, BJP can't find young faces for UP polls, Mohua Chatterjee, 8 Sep 2006, TNN   innuendo [ in-yoo-EN-doh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an allusion about a person or a thing esp. in a derogatory fashion 2. a parenthetical explanation or specification present in a legal document   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The innuendo made by the boss about his subordinate's mental faculties and state of mental health so enraged the subordinate that he immediately tendered his resignation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This case must be decided on evidence — not fear and innuendo. Chicago Tribune, Federal government opposes more release privileges for would-be presidential assassin Hinckley, By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press Writer, July 21, 2008   laconic [ luh'-KON-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   marked by using few words; concise and brief   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The municipal commissioner's laconic speech on the steps taken by the BMC to prevent waterlogging during the rainy season did not impress the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The only written monuments of the Vikings themselves are runic inscriptions. In Sweden there are some 3,500 inscriptions, mostly written on stone. They are often brief and laconic, and not very informative. National Geographic, Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning to Fade, Stefan Lovgren, February 17, 2004   in extenso [ in eks-TEN-soh; in ik-STEN-soh ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   at full length   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The movie 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' wasn't appreciated by the critics as it did not represent the facts in the book in extenso.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This book represents the cream of the letters that were not published in extenso in any of the many volumes of earlier collections that the Victorians produced. The Telegraph, One eye, one arm, one pen, 22/05/2005   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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